Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai and 7 others sentenced to prison over banned Tiananmen vigil
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By Eric Cheung, CNN A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy figures to up to 14 months behind bars for participating in an unauthorized assembly last year to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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A Hong Kong court sentenced democracy activist Jimmy Lai to 13 months in prison over his role in banned Tiananmen Square vigils last year, although the sentence won’t extend his time behind bars.
Jailed Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai said he was willing to "suffer the penalty" on Monday as a court prepared to sentence him and a group of democracy activists for attending a banned Tiananmen vigil.
Jailed Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai said he was proud to be punished as a court handed out fresh jail sentences on Monday to eight prominent democracy activists for attending a banned Tiananmen vigil.
By Eric Cheung, CNN A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy figures to up to 14 months behind bars for participating in an unauthorized assembly last year to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Media tycoon and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced Monday to 13 months in jail for taking part in an unauthorized candlelight vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Lai and two other activists, lawyer Chow Hang Tung and former reporter Gwyneth Ho, were...
