Hong Kong convicts Jimmy Lai

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Daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells CNN she is devastated by guilty verdict handed down to her father
The guilty verdict handed down this week to Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was expected but is still devastating, his daughter Claire Lai told CNN’s Jim Sciutto, blaming what she described as the city’s “highly compromised” legal system under Chinese rule.

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Jimmy Lai is a Hong Kong rags-to-riches media tycoon who became a fierce critic of Beijing
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On Monday, Jimmy Lai – a British citizen and the founder of the now closed Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily – was found guilty in a Hong Kong court of sedition.

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Jimmy Lai’s conviction shames Britain
HK court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong's media mogul who became fierce critic of Beijing
His arrest and the closure of his Apple Daily newspaper, a tabloid-style publication that backed the democracy movement, dealt a blow to free speech in a city that was once a bastion of press freedom ...

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Who is Jimmy Lai? Hong Kong media tycoon found guilty in landmark national security trial
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Ex-media mogul convicted in Hong Kong security trial

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted Monday in a landmark national security trial, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

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