In this December. 12, 2020, file photo, Jimmy Lai,  center, who founded the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court.

In this December 12, 2020 photo, Jimmy Lai, who founded the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to a prison van before appearing in a court.
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