Armed police keep watch outside West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong ahead of sentencing arguments for former media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
Lawyers for former media owner Jimmy Lai have asked a Hong Kong court to grant him a lighter sentence on account of his age and poor health. But the panel of three judges raised doubts about whether his condition warranted any reduction in the mandatory sentence he faces of between 10 years and life imprisonment.
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