Jimmy Lai’s family responds to 20-year prison sentence

Jimmy Lai’s family is calling on national leaders to help free the Catholic pro-democracy activist after he received a 20-year prison sentence from a Hong Kong high court.“The life expectancy of the average male in Hong Kong is 83. My father was handed a 20-year sentence. He is five years from 83. Just looking at this objectively, this has to be solved, sovereign to sovereign,” Claire Lai, Jimmy Lai’s daughter, said during a Feb. 9 press conference.Jimmy Lai, founder and…