00:01Hong Kong's high court finds pro-democracy campaigner and former media owner Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy and sedition.
00:08This under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
00:12The case has drawn international scrutiny of Hong Kong's judicial independence amid a years-long crackdown on rights and freedoms in the global financial hub.
00:20A judge in the case rules on Monday, December 15, there is no doubt that Lai had harbored resentment and hatred of China for many of his adult years.
00:28Lai is the founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper and one of the most prominent critics of China's Communist Party leadership.
00:36Lai, who has already spent five years in jail pending the outcome of the case, will be sentenced at a later date.
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