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Media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong
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February 9, 2026
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7:11Now PlayingChina critic and media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offenses, a penalty his son Sebastien called “heartbreaking.”
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