Claim 111

Jimmy Lai was convicted on national-security and sedition charges.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Jimmy Lai was convicted on national-security and sedition charges.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2025-12-15
About: incident 2025-hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai-under-national-security-law
Source: Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai convicted on bogus national security charges
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-12-15
Supersedes: Claim 82

Quotation from the source

On December 15, 2025, the High Court found Lai, 78, guilty of two counts of 'conspiracy to commit collusion with foreign forces' under the draconian National Security Law, and one count of 'conspiracy to publish seditious publications'