Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison

HONG KONG: Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, received a 20-year jail sentence under a China-imposed national security law.

Lai had been convicted in December, and given his age, the prison term could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.

Three government-approved judges decided not to impose the harshest punishment, life in pris