US, UK officials call for Jimmy Lai’s release on ‘humanitarian’ grounds due to his age and health. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee has praised the sentencing of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, saying he had committed “numerous heinous crimes, and his evil deeds were beyond measure”. Lee’s condemnation on Tuesday of the former Apple Daily newspaper owner came as officials in the United States, the United Kingdom and several other countries, as well as the United Nations, said the jailing of Lai was “unjust” and that the 78-year-old should be freed on humanitarian grounds. “This verdict needs to be promptly quashed as incompatible with international law,” UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk said. The Hong Kong chief executive said Lai’s newspaper had...