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Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media tycoon over fraud
Updated On: 11 December, 2022 10:07 AM IST | Hong Kong | Agencies
Jimmy Lai, who was arrested during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement following widespread protests in 2019 and under the National Security Law imposed by Beijing, was also fined two million Hong Kong dollars
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Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai received a fresh jail sentence of five years and nine months on Saturday. Pic/AFP
A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday, over two fraud charges linked to property lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city.
Jimmy Lai, who was arrested during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement following widespread protests in 2019 and under the National Security Law imposed by Beijing, was also fined two million Hong Kong dollars ($2,57,000).
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