The tycoon of his press was sentenced today to a new prison sentence, because in 2019 he had participated in a forbidden demonstration on the day of the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China Hong Kong Jimmy Lai.
Lai, who is currently in custody because he participated in other demonstrations, he was sentenced to 14 months in prison for organizing the rally on October 1, 2019 and participating in it. He had pleaded guilty.
Seven other prominent supporters of the pro-democracy movement, including 25-year-old Figo Chan and former MPs Li Cheuk-yan and Leung Kuok-hang, were also sentenced to new sentences.
This wave of condemnation once again reveals the ruthless Chinese repression in this semi-autonomous territory, comments the French Agency and rebroadcasts the AMPE.
In 2019, Hong Kong was rocked for months by massive and often violent protests against growing control by Beijing.
On October 1, 2019, the day of China’s National Day, radical protesters and law enforcement forces had clashed particularly violently on the margins of the rally, which had been conducted peacefully and in which those convicted today had participated. Beijing had insulted the large turnout at the rally on the day the Chinese government was celebrating its 70th anniversary.
“It was naive to believe that a call for peaceful and reasonable conduct would suffice to guarantee the absence of violence,” said Judge Amanda Woodcock, announcing the eight-year prison sentences.
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