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Pro-democracy protest: Activist Jimmy Lai jailed again in Hongkong
Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist, Jimmy Lai, has been sentenced to more jail time over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019.
Lai, including nine others, was charged with incitement for taking part in an unauthorised assembly when they walked down a road with thousands of residents on October 1, 2019, to protest against dwindling political freedoms in Hong Kong, Yahoo news reports.
The 73-year-old was on Friday sentenced to 14 months in prison for other convictions earlier this year also related to unauthorised rallies in 2019.
Beijing promised that the territory could retain its freedoms not found on the mainland for 50 years.
With the two sentences combined, Lai will serve a total of 20 months behind bars.
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