HONG KONG : Jimmy Lai, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul, had been sentenced to 20 years in prison under the Chinese government’s national security law .
Lai’s case has attracted widespread international attention as a symbol of the escalating restrictions on press freedom and growing political opposition in the city following the Chinese government’s enactment of security legislation in recent years.
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