By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was ...

The 78-year-old, who has been jailed for 20 years, was a prominent advocate for democracy in the former British territory.

Prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was a child stowaway from mainland China who rose to become Hong Kong’s onetime media ...

Jimmy Lai, who has been jailed for 20 years, always said he owed Hong Kong, a city that had given him "everything".

World leaders have called for the release of the 78-year-old who became the face of the democracy movement.

The former pro-democracy newspaper publisher was sentenced for offences under the controversial national security law.

Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.

By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai will be sentenced on February 9, the city's judiciary said on Friday, in a ...