Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 69 months in jail
A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, in the latest legal challenge against the pro-democracy tycoon.
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A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, in the latest legal challenge against the pro-democracy tycoon.
Hong Kong: Pro democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violatin...
Jimmy Lai, a media kingpin and outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party, has been sentenced to 69 months in prison after being held since 2019.
Jimmy Lai, the outspoken owner of a pro-democracy newspaper, was sentenced to more than five years in prison for violating terms of a lease contract.
/ Reuters, HONG KONGPro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was yesterday sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of contravening a lease contract for the headquarters of a newspaper he used to run.