Former newspaper publisher (76) could face life sentence if convicted under draconian national security law imposed by Beijing
Former newspaper publisher could face life sentence if convicted under draconian national security law imposed by Beijing
Tuesday’s sentences, the heaviest handed down under the national security law since Beijing imposed it on Hong Kong in 2020, included a 10-year jail term for former legal academic Benny Tai. The court found that Mr Tai was the initiator of the plan to boost the pro-democracy camp’s chances of winning a controlling majority in the legislature and to block government legislation until activists’ demands were met.
“Had the scheme been carried out to the very end, the adverse consequences would be far reaching and no less serious than overthrowing the government,” the judges said.Fallout over Spanish floods threatens formation of new European CommissionThe founder of Apple Daily, a tabloid newspaper that backed Hong Kong’s democracy movement, Mr Lai is the most high-profile figure to be prosecuted under the national security law.
British prime minister Keir Starmer raised Mr Lai’s case with Chinese president Xi Jinping when they met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio this week. Everyone charged under the national security law until now has been found guilty and a supplementary law introduced in Hong Kong this year makes it more difficult for those imprisoned under the law to be released early for good behaviour.
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