{"id":77350,"date":"2026-04-08T06:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=77350"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:43:27","slug":"catholic-activist-jimmy-lai-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-in-hong-kong-national-security-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/catholic-activist-jimmy-lai-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-in-hong-kong-national-security-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5929\u4e3b\u6559\u6d3b\u52a8\u4eba\u58eb\u9ece\u667a\u82f1\u5728\u9999\u6e2f\u56fd\u5b89\u5ba1\u5224\u4e2d\u88ab\u5224\u590420\u5e74\u76d1\u7981"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jimmy Lai, the human rights advocate and outspoken Catholic who has faced what supporters say has been years of politicized prosecution and conviction in Hong Kong, was sentenced on Feb. 9 to 20 years in prison over what Chinese officials claim were national security violations. The sentencing comes after Lai&#x27;s December conviction under China&#x27;s wide-reaching security law, which capped a years-long legal process during which he was found guilty on multiple other charges including fraud and unlawful assembly. Lai, who\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Lai, who\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-77350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77454,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/secretary-rubio-other-leaders-denounce-jimmy-lais-tragic-20-year-sentence\/","url_meta":{"origin":77350,"position":0},"title":"Secretary Rubio, other leaders denounce Jimmy Lai\u2019s \u2018tragic\u2019 20-year sentence","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"6 4 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe Hong Kong High Court\u2019s decision to sentence Jimmy Lai to 20 years is an unjust and tragic conclusion to this case,\u201d said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Feb. 9 statement.Jimmy Lai, Catholic entrepreneur and media tycoon, was sentenced on Feb. 9 to 20 years in prison over what Chinese officials claim were national security violations.The sentencing comes after Lai\u2019s December 2025 conviction, which ended several years of what advocates have described as a politically motivated show\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":77509,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/jimmy-lais-family-responds-to-20-year-prison-sentence\/","url_meta":{"origin":77350,"position":1},"title":"Jimmy Lai\u2019s family responds to 20-year prison sentence","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"6 4 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jimmy Lai\u2019s 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.\u201cThe 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,\u201d Claire Lai, Jimmy Lai\u2019s daughter, said during a Feb. 9 press conference.Jimmy Lai, founder and\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8120,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/jimmy-lai-remains-in-solitary-confinement-after-hong-kong-trial-delayed-until-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":77350,"position":2},"title":"Jimmy Lai remains in solitary confinement after Hong Kong trial delayed until November","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"6 8 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai. \/ Credit: Napa Institute CNA Staff, Aug 5, 2024 \/ 17:01 pm (CNA). Media mogul and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai will remain in solitary confinement after a Hong Kong court on July 25 delayed the 76-year-old\u2019s national security trial until the end of November.Lai, the Catholic Chinese-born founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, which Hong Kong shut down in 2021, entered a not guilty plea at the beginning of\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1722978050_Jimmy_Lai_FXM_interview.png?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1722978050_Jimmy_Lai_FXM_interview.png?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1722978050_Jimmy_Lai_FXM_interview.png?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1722978050_Jimmy_Lai_FXM_interview.png?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":79246,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/prominent-hong-kong-catholic-wins-appeal-but-remains-behind-bars\/","url_meta":{"origin":77350,"position":3},"title":"Prominent Hong Kong Catholic Wins Appeal but Remains Behind Bars","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"17 3 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media mogul and well-known Catholic layperson from Hong Kong, won an appeal this week against a 2022 fraud conviction for which he had been serving a six-year sentence. The reprieve provides little reason for him to celebrate, however, as it comes less than two weeks after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison under separate national security-related charges. That sentence is unaffected by this week\u2019s ruling. Lai\u2019s daughter, Claire, described this week\u2019s ruling as \u201cnothing\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":79541,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/pope-cannot-comment-on-jimmy-lais-imprisonment\/","url_meta":{"origin":77350,"position":4},"title":"Pope &#8216;cannot comment&#8217; on Jimmy Lai&#8217;s imprisonment","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"13 3 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY \u2014 Pope Leo XIV told EWTN News he \u201ccannot comment\u201d on Jimmy Lai, the Catholic founder and publisher of the outspoken pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, who was sentenced Feb. 9 on charges Chinese authorities say violate national security laws. 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