Jimmy Lai, security law
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Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung says the court's judgment in the Lai Chee-ying case illustrates that the rule of law in Hong Kong is robust, criminal acts will never be tolerated and no one is above the law.
On Monday, the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) sentenced Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to 20 years in prison on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious materials.