The jailing of Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai sparked an outcry




FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen talks to Thibault Bruttin, director-general of Reporters Without Borders, about the sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and media magnate Jimmy Lai. The 78-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty in December of conspiring to conspire with foreign powers and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.



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