Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai gets 13 months in June 4 vigil case

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Media mogul Jimmy Lai arrives for an earlier court appearance. He was sentenced to 13 months on Dec. 13 for his involvement in a banned Tiananmen vigil. © Reuters

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Eight Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, were sentenced to up to 14 months imprisonment on Monday for taking part in last year's unauthorized vigil to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square killings.

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