ThePrintPod: Who is Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media tycoon & China critic convicted in national-security case
Dec 15, 2025
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Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner, faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after Hong Kong’s High Court found him guilty on two national security charges and one lesser sedition charge. Samah Qundeel explains the verdict and what this conviction means for the press freedom in Hong Kong.