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It may puzzle some in the West as to why Jimmy Lai, facing a possible sentence of life imprisonment on bogus charges of sedition, did not long ago flee from his tormentors, but has persisted with his fight for human rights in Hong Kong. A successful entrepreneur, he was once extremely wealthy, a billionaire with a range of business interests, including newspapers and media channels. He was granted British citizenship as colonial rule there ended in the 1990s, and he has friends and supporters across the world. A life in exile would, in theory, have been comfortable and open to him.
Instead, Mr Lai stayed in Hong Kong, and would have done so even if he had not b...
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