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Posted on February 9, 2026
1 min readLast updated: February 9, 2026
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years on charges of collusion and publishing seditious materials, marking a significant national security case.
HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in jail on three charges comprising two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials.
The trial has been the financial hub's most high-profile national security case.
The sentence comes after a legal saga spanning almost five years. Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was convicted on December 15 on all three counts. He was first arrested in August 2020.
(Reporting by James Pomfret, Jessie Pang and Greg Torode; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Jamie Freed)
A national security trial is a legal proceeding that addresses crimes considered a threat to the security of a nation, often involving serious allegations such as espionage or terrorism.
Collusion with foreign forces involves cooperating or conspiring with entities from another country to undermine national interests or security.
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