Hong Kong democracy campaigner, 78, ‘will die in jail’ after 20-year sentence handed

Jimmy Lai has already been in detention for half a decade (Picture: AFP)

A British citizen and pro-democracy activist has been jailed by a Hong Kong court under China’s controversial national security law.

Jimmy Lai, who ran the Apple Daily newspaper, which was highly critical of Beijing, was found guilty of national security offences last December.

Lai, 78, will spend 20 years behind bars and won’t be eligible for parole until he is in his late 90s.

His son described the sentence as ‘life-threatening’...