The former pro-democracy newspaper publisher was sentenced for offences under the controversial national security law.
Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, ending the city's biggest national security case which drew international ...
The media tycoon, a Chinese-born British citizen, had been a persistent critic of Beijing. The sentence is the harshest penalty so far under a national security law.
Neither the Hong Kong Journalists Association nor the local Foreign Correspondents' Club has posted statements on Monday's ...
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for 20 years following his foreign collusion and sedition ...
Long viewed as a secondary stop on South Korea itineraries, Busan is steadily climbing on the radar of travellers’ priority ...
Work is well underway on Hanoi’s new opera house, a US$480 million project on the city’s West Lake. The Hanoi Opera House, ...
With public services under strain and voters drifting from traditional parties, the Senedd contest in May might end up causing an unprecedented reshaping of Welsh politics ...
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Literary horror novel explores curses, corpse brides and generations of Chinese women facing 'choicelessness'
Lindsay Wong’s family had some dire warnings whenever she planned to travel abroad.
No one can fully appreciate Australia in a single trip: its natural wonders – the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and the Twelve ...
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