Hong Kong media tycoon ​Jimmy Lai will not appeal ‌against his conviction and 20-year prison sentence for collusion with foreign forces and sedition, his ​lawyer said on Friday.

A member of ​Lai’s legal team told Reuters ⁠on Friday that he would not ​appeal the sentence that has ​drawn international criticism from countries including Britain and the US.

Lai, 78, was convicted in ​December and sentenced in February ​on two counts of conspiracy to collude with ‌foreign ⁠forces and one count of publishing seditious materials, ending a legal saga that lasted nearly five years.

A ​Hong ​Kong court overturned ⁠his fraud conviction and prison sentence in a ​separate case last month, in ​a ⁠surprise legal decision that came after he was jailed for 20 years.