Posted 12/12/2023, 4:28:09 PM
Jailed Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Faces Life Sentence, Son Seeks UK Help for Father’s Release
- Jimmy Lai, jailed Hong Kong media mogul, faces national security charges next week that could result in a life sentence
- His son Sebastien is meeting with UK Foreign Secretary to lobby for help securing his father's release
- Jimmy Lai is a British citizen who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper
- Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 after being a former British colony
- Lai's legal team argues his trial is stacked against him but hopes diplomatic pressure could help, citing the case of Cheng Lei in China