Hong Kong: Media mogul Jimmy Lai gets over five years for fraud

A judge said Lai, found guilty of illegally subletting office space in October, felt no remorse, Qazet.az reports.

As well as being sentenced to five years and nine months, Lai was fined 2m Hong Kong dollars (£209,535).

The 75-year-old recently served time for taking part in a banned vigil last year for victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

A separate trial involving Lai on national security charges had been due to begin on 1 December but was postponed at the request of Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu. If convicted, he faces up to life imprisonment.