Jimmy Lai’s daughter tells CNN she is devastated by guilty verdict handed down to her father
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Key Points:
- Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was found guilty under Beijing’s national security law, facing the possibility of life imprisonment after a two-year trial criticized as politically motivated and lacking proper legal reasoning.
- Lai’s daughter, Claire Lai, condemned the verdict as devastating and blamed Hong Kong’s “highly compromised” legal system under Chinese rule, highlighting vague and draconian aspects of the national security law and expressing concern over her father’s deteriorating health in custody.
- Prosecutors cited Lai’s lobbying of US politicians, including meetings with former Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary Mike Pompeo, as evidence of sedition and collusion with foreign forces, though Hong Kong authorities maintain the trial adhered to the rule of law and was
