China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case
- Posted on February 9, 2026
- By NPR
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China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent.
