The British government has vowed to “rapidly engage further" with the Chinese authorities after Hong Kong’s media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the heaviest penalty ever handed out under the city's national security law.
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the jail term was “tantamount to a life sentence” as she raised concerns over his “appalling” health condition in solitary confinement.The 78-year-old Briton was found guilty in December of two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under a China-imposed national security law, as well as a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material.
