Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be sentenced on February 9

Hong Kong and China Gas

06/02/2026 03:01

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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret

HONG KONG, Feb 6(Reuters) - Hong Kong's judiciary said on their website that media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be sentenced on February 9, in a closely watched national security trial that has drawn international criticism including from the United States and Britain.

Lai, 78, the founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, was found guilty in December of two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under a China-imposed national security law, and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material.

The national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai https://www.reuters.com/graphics/HONGKONG-SECURITY/JIMMYLAI/zjpqdaeoxvx/

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong tycoon and democratic firebrand who stood up to China https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/jimmy-lai-hong-kong-tycoon-democratic-firebrand-who-stood-up-china-2025-12-14/

 (Reporting by Jessie Pang and James Pomfret; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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