Jimmy Lai is the billionaire owner of Hong Kong’s last opposition newspaper, Apple Daily, and an outspoken critic of Beijing.
On Friday he was sentenced to 14 months in prison for unauthorised assembly – for participating in two protests in 2019.
Mr Lai is one of the most high profile people to be arrested under Hong Kong’s new national security law, as China tightens its grip on the city.
the BBC’s Danny Vincent interviewed the man prepared to risk it all by speaking out.
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Great man
Chinese really hurts on Hong Kong's people and even Taiwan will dominate. President Xi's political lunatic.
too sad
Heartbroken that Apple Daily is now gone. Stand with Beautiful Hong Kong! 💛💛💛💛
There were so many media and people filming the violent riots.what is frigtening is they all lied.how we know cos almost everyone has a phone,this honest people are showing the world what is really going on in HK.
At his age, he ought to have gained life's wisdom to know that you cannot break the law of the land without any consequence. He should have already known that the crime of secession, trying to break HK free from its motherland China, is a very serious crime that will be punished with a severe sentence.
LOL, hes got money and hes behind bars.
Aint gonna happen in usa…..or UK.
黎痴英, 天堂有门你唔去, 天使你唔做偏要做个被废弃狗腿。你祖宗十八代当然系汉奸走狗啦, 臭坑出臭屎, 出种出代。
Crocodile tear great pretender
Democracy raising so many people in HK for monitoring and questioning but no one have the capability and kind of experience to solve the problems and take responsibility ! if they take the power in very short term will be pain in the ass, this is why you could not get support from most majority of Chinese as CCP did not bad in last 40 years, I think it's just a bad timing ! look at America Trump is typical example as you could not believe he was able to be a president going back old days !
He work for CIA betray his motherland so he deserve to be in jail! Apple daily was funded by the American to brainwash young people in Hong Kong for a generation and we saw what happened in 2019. But BEIJING didn't take the bate. Chinese outsmart the American.
The CCP is like Hitler
He is a bad guy ,not even worth to talk about him.
Traitor
why removed my comments? are you afraid of the truth? Jimmy Lai said publicly in a forum that "you(western) have the nuclear weapon. You can finish them(Chinese) in a minute.". What an evil is that. see link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/udbcyh/jimmy_lai_claims_the_moral_authority_to_commit/
The UK and the US won't do anything because they need China to buy U.S debt
There's no real freedom and democracy anywhere in the world especially in the USA. Fake freedom and democracy worldwide.
Jimmy Lai is on trial now because he is a traitor, colluding with foreign powers to destroy Hong Kong.
Don't believe that the Chinese government forced Jimmy Lai to close his Apple Daily. He had another Apple Daily in Taiwan. He closed it BEFORE the one in Hong Kong.
Jimmy is one hell of an actor, I can give you that. But he's guilty as hell of the crimes he's charged with.
Hope he's found guilty of all charges and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, and the keys to his cell thrown away.
#freejimmylai
When you glorify Jimmy Lai, and the protestors, in the riots in HK, you need to reflect on your professionalism to uphold the Code and Ethics for Journalists and Reporters.
Would the BBC be kind enough to conduct an interview with Julian Assange, like what they did for Jimmy Lai? Show your impartiality and your objectivity in seeking justice for Julian Assange’s plight.
Julian Assange, exposed western atrocities, is imprisoned in UK. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones 😊
He broke the law and should be jailed for life. That simple. The West is doing it all the while.