HONG KONG, Feb. 9 -- Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong most prominent pro-democracy media tycoon, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison, concluding the city's largest national security case, which has drawn international concern over Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms.

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The sentence covers two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials. Lai, 78, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was first arrested in August 2020 and convicted last year. The three national security judges described him as the "mastermind" behind persistent foreign collusion conspiracies and applied the maximum sentence range for offe...