China’s case against Jimmy Lai finally decided
December 15, 2025From CBS News: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Lai was arrested in August 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national security law that was implemented following massive anti-government protests in 2019. During his five years in custody, much of it in solitary confinement, Lai has been convicted of several lesser offenses and appears to have grown more frail and thinner.
Free Jimmy Lai. The Acton Institute produced this movie about Mr. Lai’s life and imprisonment.
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