Catholic Pro-Democracy Figure Jimmy Lai Gets Jail Time for Involvement in Hong Kong Tiananmen Square Vigil

HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai, a Catholic and prominent figure in the ongoing pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, has been sentenced to a 13-month jail sentence for participating in a 2020 vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Lai, alongside fellow activists Gwyneth Ho and Chow Hang Tung, received his sentence Dec. 9 for “inciting” and taking part in an “unlawful assembly.” -- More...