Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong pro-democracy figure convicted of national security offences

Verdicts on foreign collusion and sedition charges were city’s most closely watched rulings in decadesJimmy Lai verdict – liveJimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, is facing life in prison after being found guilty of national security and sedition offences, in one of the most closely watched rulings since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997.The 78-year-old has been in jail since late 2020 on remand and serving several protest-related sentences totalling almost 10 years. Monday’s conviction, in which judges called him a “mastermind” of conspiracies designed to destabilise the Chinese government, could see him given an extra life sentence. Continue reading...