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Killing Hong Kong's Lai Would Strengthen Democracy Message, Son Says

Sebastien Lai says his father's health condition has considerably worsened since his 2020 jailing (Credit: AFP)

Locked up for more than four years and ailing, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai would only become a greater symbol if he died in prison, his son said.

On a visit to Washington, Sebastien Lai was meeting US officials and lawmakers as he appealed for greater international pressure on China and Hong Kong's pro-Beijing authorities to free his father.

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