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Jimmy Lai given 13 months in jail for Tiananmen vigil

The Hong Kong District Court yesterday sentenced democracy activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) to 13 months in jail for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen vigil, as it also convicted seven others on similar charges and handed out sentences of up to 14 months.
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has banned the candlelight vigil for the past two years on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19, although it is widely believed that the ban is intended to become permanent.
Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily, had already been jailed for taking part in pro-democracy ....

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