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HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai ordered back to jail

By AFP
January 01, 2021

HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was ordered back to jail on Thursday as the city’s highest court granted prosecutors an appeal against his bail. Lai, a vocal Beijing critic, is one of the highest-profile figures charged under a sweeping security law that China imposed on the financial hub in late June in a bid to stamp out dissent.