{"id":316361,"date":"2026-02-09T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/a-death-sentence-jimmy-lais-son-reacts-to-news-of-fathers-prison-term\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:00:18","slug":"a-death-sentence-jimmy-lais-son-reacts-to-news-of-fathers-prison-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/a-death-sentence-jimmy-lais-son-reacts-to-news-of-fathers-prison-term\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A death sentence&#8217;: Jimmy Lai&#8217;s son reacts to news of father&#8217;s prison term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/flf1mlHApRg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'A death sentence': Jimmy Lai's son reacts to news of father's prison term\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/flf1mlHApRg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Lai has been found guilty \u200bof two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one \u200bcount of publishing seditious materials in December last year. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>His son, Sebastien Lai told Sky News the prison sentence is &quot;essentially a death sentence&quot; as &quot;given his health, he would most likely die in prison&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If more isn&#8217;t done to fight for his release, he will very likely die in prison. He&#8217;s got heart issues, he&#8217;s got diabetes, the last five years he&#8217;s been kept in solitary confinement. These are inhumane conditions for any prisoner and he is 78&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/uk-foreign-secretary-says-pro-democracy-campaigner-jimmy-lais-hong-kong-jail-term-is-tantamount-to-life-sentence-13505129<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #worldnews #china #hongkong #jimmylai <\/p>\n<p>Follow us on X: https:\/\/x.com\/RidgeandFrost<br \/>\nFollow Sophy on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sophyridge\/<br \/>\nFollow Wilf on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wilfredfrost\/<br \/>\nListen to Cheat Sheet here:  https:\/\/podfollow.com\/cheatsheet\/<br \/>\nFor more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB<br \/>\nTo enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Lai has been found guilty \u200bof two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one \u200bcount of publishing seditious materials in December last year. 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His son, Sebastien Lai told Sky News the prison sentence is &quot;essentially a death sentence&quot; as &quot;given his health, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[128827,129783,134573],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-316361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-been","tag-found","tag-jimmy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;A death sentence&#039;: Jimmy Lai&#039;s son reacts to news of father&#039;s prison term | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch &#039;A death sentence&#039;: Jimmy Lai&#039;s son reacts to news of father&#039;s prison term for free, here on News ISC. 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