{"id":302428,"date":"2025-12-15T15:57:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-convicted-of-national-security-offences\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:57:46","slug":"hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-convicted-of-national-security-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-convicted-of-national-security-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted of national security offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/LV0GBrPToUI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted of national security offences\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LV0GBrPToUI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, is facing life in prison after being found guilty of national security and sedition offences in one of the most closely watched rulings since the city\u2019s return to Chinese rule in 1997.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian&#8217;s correspondent Helen Davidson explains what happened. <\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Lai: conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy figure decried as attack on press freedom \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/15\/jimmy-lai-verdict-hong-kong-judges-national-security-charges<\/p>\n<p>The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/15\/jimmy-lai-rise-fall-hong-kong-itself<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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