Jimmy Lai being arrested at his Hong Kong home in August 2020. VERNON YUEN/AFP via Getty Images Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison over his role in 2019 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. The media tycoon has been a target in China's crackdown against Hong Kong's democracy movement. He was separately arrested under China's national security law in August. See more stories on Insider's business page. The Hong Kong billionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in 2019 pro-democracy protests in the city.He was found guilty of unauthorized assembly on Friday, alongside several pro-democracy activists and lawmakers.Lai, the founder of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, has long been a target in China's crackdown against Hong Kong's democracy movement.He was found guilty in two separate trials for unauthorised assemblies on August 18 and August 31 2019.

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