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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Jimmy Lai’s son gives Hong Kong dire warning: ‘Release my father or see him become a martyr’

Arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai will only become a greater symbol for the pro-democracy movement if he dies in Hong Kong prison, his son Sebastien Lai has warned.

Mr Lai, the 77-year-old British national and founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily, is facing the prospect of life in prison if found guilty of sedition and collusion with foreign powers under Hong Kong’s draconian national security law.

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