The Chinese Communist Party vehemently defended the sentencing of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, a Christian and staunch anti-communist, to 20 years in prison on Monday by rolling out a “white paper” explaining the need for the Party to crush voices championing freedom.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry also condemned foreign governments on Tuesday that had spoken out to lament the sentence – which for Lai, at 78 years old, will effectively be a life sentence if served fully. The Foreign Ministry referred to Lai as the “principal mastermind and perpetrator” of the 2019 protests in Hong Kong opposing Beijing’s violations of “One Country, Two…
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