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

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.

Jessie Pang and James Pomfret/Reuters

6 February 2026 at 03:31:57

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

FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021.

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HONG KONG - 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.

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-Reporting by Jessie Pang and James Pomfret; Editing by Christian Schmollinger/Reuters