Beijing loyalist John Lee elected as Hong Kong's next leader | Harwich and Manningtree Standard
The 64-year-old will replace Carrie Lam on July 1.
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The 64-year-old will replace Carrie Lam on July 1.
The 64-year-old will replace Carrie Lam on July 1.
Lee was the only candidate and won with over 99% of the vote in which nearly all 1,500 committee members were carefully vetted by the central government in Beijing.
John Lee (李家超), a hardline security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, was yesterday elected as the territory’s next leader in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee. Lee was the only candidate and won with more than 99 percent of the vote in which nearly all 1,500 committee members were carefully vetted by the central government in Beijing. He is to replace Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) on July 1. Her term was marked by huge pro-democracy protests calling for her resignation, a security crackdown that has quashed virtua...
Pro-Beijing politicians, business leaders laud Lee’s ‘great speech’, but critics say it lacks specific policy details.