The UK foreign secretary has said a 20-year jail term handed down by a Hong Kong court to pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai is "tantamount to a life sentence".
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Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction quashed but he remains in jail
The UK foreign secretary has said a 20-year jail term handed down by a Hong Kong court to pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai is "tantamount to a life sentence".