‘It is a Death Sentence’, Son of Jailed Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Urges Britain to do More

The Real Question with Shehab Khan · Oct 16, 2026 · 3m

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The son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has described his father’s 20-year prison term as “a death sentence” and said that the British government had been slow on helping to deal with his case.

In an interview for ‘The Real Question with Shehab Khan’, Sebastian Lai said his 78-year-old father, who is a British citizen, had spent more than 2,000 days in solitary confinement: “He is kept in a tiny little cell from my understanding less than 60 square feet. They block off natural light, so in the summer he…