#SmallCircleElection #CCPInfluence
Ex-police officer oversees crackdown on pro-democracy protests is sole candidate in Hong Kong's #ChiefExecutiveElection
#JohnLee, a career police officer turned hardline security official, is running unopposed to take over the Chief Executive job in Hong Kongās elections next month.
As the sole candidate with #Beijingās blessing, he is all but guaranteed to become the next chief executive.
Hongkongers have not had a direct say in who serves as their chief executive since the handover in 1997. Instead, the post is selected by a small committee of society stakeholders called the Election Committee.
In March, 2021, Beijing overhauled the cityās electoral process, expanding the committee to 1,500 members but also tightening the criteria for candidates. New measures included a two-step national security screening process to ensure all members were loyal to the CCP.
Sources: InmediaHK, Reuters #Apr15
#PoliceState #CCPRules #Regime
Ex-police officer oversees crackdown on pro-democracy protests is sole candidate in Hong Kong's #ChiefExecutiveElection
#JohnLee, a career police officer turned hardline security official, is running unopposed to take over the Chief Executive job in Hong Kongās elections next month.
As the sole candidate with #Beijingās blessing, he is all but guaranteed to become the next chief executive.
Hongkongers have not had a direct say in who serves as their chief executive since the handover in 1997. Instead, the post is selected by a small committee of society stakeholders called the Election Committee.
In March, 2021, Beijing overhauled the cityās electoral process, expanding the committee to 1,500 members but also tightening the criteria for candidates. New measures included a two-step national security screening process to ensure all members were loyal to the CCP.
Sources: InmediaHK, Reuters #Apr15
#PoliceState #CCPRules #Regime
Business connections of #JohnLeeās sons with CE electors revealed
//A #Factwire investigation reveals that the two sons of John Lee, the Chief Executive candidate likely to be running unopposed this year, both have connections with members of the current #ChiefExecutiveElection Committee in the business field, although John Leeās team said he has not been involved in these connections.
John Leeās older son, Gilbert Lee, is a senior executive at Hang Seng Bank, whose direct superior, Diana Cesar, is the bankās chief and a finance subsector member of the Election Committee. Gilbert Lee was awarded a position in a government panel last year, soon after his father became the Chief Secretary for Administration.
Leeās younger son Jacky Lee is a business partner of Li Sing-tui, a member of the Election Committee and the National Committee of the Chinese Peopleās Political Consultative Conference (#CPPCC). Together, they own and operate a kindergarten in Dongguan that costs over HKD 70,000 a year to attend.//
Read full article:
https://www.factwire.org/en/business-connections-of-john-lees-sons-with-ce-electors-revealed/
Source: Factwire #Apr15
#CCPRules #HongKongElection
//A #Factwire investigation reveals that the two sons of John Lee, the Chief Executive candidate likely to be running unopposed this year, both have connections with members of the current #ChiefExecutiveElection Committee in the business field, although John Leeās team said he has not been involved in these connections.
John Leeās older son, Gilbert Lee, is a senior executive at Hang Seng Bank, whose direct superior, Diana Cesar, is the bankās chief and a finance subsector member of the Election Committee. Gilbert Lee was awarded a position in a government panel last year, soon after his father became the Chief Secretary for Administration.
Leeās younger son Jacky Lee is a business partner of Li Sing-tui, a member of the Election Committee and the National Committee of the Chinese Peopleās Political Consultative Conference (#CPPCC). Together, they own and operate a kindergarten in Dongguan that costs over HKD 70,000 a year to attend.//
Read full article:
https://www.factwire.org/en/business-connections-of-john-lees-sons-with-ce-electors-revealed/
Source: Factwire #Apr15
#CCPRules #HongKongElection
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A Factwire investigation reveals that the two sons of John Lee, the Chief Executive candidate likely to be running unopposed this year, both have connections with members of the current Chief Executive Election Committee in the business field, although Johnā¦
#SmallCircleElection #CCPRules
Former Security Head Nominated for Chief Executive Election in Hong Kong Without Any Program
In Hong Kong, #JohnLee, a former police commissioner and the secretary for secutity until recently, claimed that he has submitted 786 nominations to the Election Committee, making him the sole candidate in Hong Kong's #ChiefExecutiveElection.
Lee was known for his pro-Beijing stance and hardliner attitude in suppressing the city's prodemocracy protests.
Lee was asked by journalists to comment on the legitimacy of the election, as he has been nominated without having any program nor statement.
Lee did not give a direct response, but said, "it takes time to write a statement." Lee claimed that he is a pragmatic person and would be able to realise the policy he proposed.
Source: InMedia #Apr15
https://bit.ly/378khQJ
#Regime #PoliceState
Former Security Head Nominated for Chief Executive Election in Hong Kong Without Any Program
In Hong Kong, #JohnLee, a former police commissioner and the secretary for secutity until recently, claimed that he has submitted 786 nominations to the Election Committee, making him the sole candidate in Hong Kong's #ChiefExecutiveElection.
Lee was known for his pro-Beijing stance and hardliner attitude in suppressing the city's prodemocracy protests.
Lee was asked by journalists to comment on the legitimacy of the election, as he has been nominated without having any program nor statement.
Lee did not give a direct response, but said, "it takes time to write a statement." Lee claimed that he is a pragmatic person and would be able to realise the policy he proposed.
Source: InMedia #Apr15
https://bit.ly/378khQJ
#Regime #PoliceState
#YouTube terminates campaign channel of sole Hong Kong chief executive candidate #JohnLee, citing need to comply with #US #sanctions on ex-official
//Online video sharing platform YouTube has terminated the campaign channel of Hong Kongās sole chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu, citing the need to comply with US sanctions placed on the former official.
The platform, operated by US giant #Google, made the rare move in taking down Leeās YouTube channel early on Wednesday, clipping the Beijing-endorsed candidateās ability to share videos of him meeting different sectors publicly.//
Source: SCMP #Apr19
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3174862/youtube-terminates-campaign-channel-sole-hong-kong-chief
#ChiefExecutiveElection #SmallCircle
//Online video sharing platform YouTube has terminated the campaign channel of Hong Kongās sole chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu, citing the need to comply with US sanctions placed on the former official.
The platform, operated by US giant #Google, made the rare move in taking down Leeās YouTube channel early on Wednesday, clipping the Beijing-endorsed candidateās ability to share videos of him meeting different sectors publicly.//
Source: SCMP #Apr19
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3174862/youtube-terminates-campaign-channel-sole-hong-kong-chief
#ChiefExecutiveElection #SmallCircle
#PoliceState #SmallCircleElection
Hong Kong small-circle leadership race: Meet John Lee ā the ex-police officer #Beijing trusts
[On May 8, 2022, #JohnLee, the sole candidate in the election, was selected by an election committee with 1,000 or so members to be the next Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, after the end of #CarrieLam's term. Lee received 1,416 votes to become the political leader of a city of more than seven million people. Read: https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/08/breaking-sole-candidate-john-lee-selected-as-hong-kongs-next-leader/]
//As a former beat cop who rose to become Hong Kongās security chief, John Lee is the one person Chinaās leaders trust to run the city as their loyal lieutenant, analysts and insiders say.
Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed Hong Kongās next chief executive by a small committee on Sunday, the culmination of a choreographed, Beijing-blessed race with no other candidates...
It also places a security official in the cityās top job for the first time, a man who played a key role in the suppression of huge democracy protests and Beijingās subsequent political crackdown.
Insiders say Leeās unwavering commitment to that role won Chinaās confidence at a time when other Hong Kong elite were seen as insufficiently loyal or competent...
Given his security background, it seems unlikely Lee ā already sanctioned by the United States ā will reverse Beijingās campaign against dissent.
Where he will enter less familiar territory is the world of business, an area where Hong Kong is suffering...//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May8
#Regime #ChiefExecutiveElection
Hong Kong small-circle leadership race: Meet John Lee ā the ex-police officer #Beijing trusts
[On May 8, 2022, #JohnLee, the sole candidate in the election, was selected by an election committee with 1,000 or so members to be the next Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR, after the end of #CarrieLam's term. Lee received 1,416 votes to become the political leader of a city of more than seven million people. Read: https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/08/breaking-sole-candidate-john-lee-selected-as-hong-kongs-next-leader/]
//As a former beat cop who rose to become Hong Kongās security chief, John Lee is the one person Chinaās leaders trust to run the city as their loyal lieutenant, analysts and insiders say.
Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed Hong Kongās next chief executive by a small committee on Sunday, the culmination of a choreographed, Beijing-blessed race with no other candidates...
It also places a security official in the cityās top job for the first time, a man who played a key role in the suppression of huge democracy protests and Beijingās subsequent political crackdown.
Insiders say Leeās unwavering commitment to that role won Chinaās confidence at a time when other Hong Kong elite were seen as insufficiently loyal or competent...
Given his security background, it seems unlikely Lee ā already sanctioned by the United States ā will reverse Beijingās campaign against dissent.
Where he will enter less familiar territory is the world of business, an area where Hong Kong is suffering...//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May8
#Regime #ChiefExecutiveElection
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
1,416 elite voters select sole candidate John Lee as Hong Kongās next leader
By Hillary Leung, Tom Grundy, Kelly Ho and Almond Li. Sole chief executive race candidate John Lee has been selected to become Hong Kongās next leader. The 64-year-old ex-police officer and cā¦
#PoliceStare
Hong Kong Police Surround Pro-democracy Group Calling for Universal Suffrage on Election Day
In the past it would have been common to see protests during the #ChiefExecutive Election in Hong Kong.
It is, however, not the case anymore, as almost all the pro-democracy legislators have been jailed, coupled with the reformation of the electoral system.
On the early morning of May 8, 2022, the League of Social Democrats (#LSD), a pro-democracy group, tried to head towards the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (#HKCEC) to protest; however, their members were stopped and searched by the police in Central Plaza, and were thereby banned from entering HKCEC.
As early as at 7:30am, over 30 policemen, all wearing stabproof vest, were stationed outside the clinic of Family Planning Association of Hong Kong in Wan Chai.
The chairperson of the League of Social Democrats Chan Po-ying comdemned the newly formed government for not tolerating opposing ideas, āDoes #JohnLeeās āStarting a New Chapterā mean banning peaceful petition?ā she asked.
Chan also expressed that Hong Kong is ruled by fear, and that organisations often have to think twice before conducting any activity. She added that the League of Social Democrats understood the ineffectiveness in protesting, but still wished that the community was not silence. She then moved on to encourage organisations in the society to persevere, whilst lamenting over John Leeās ālack of competitorā in his run for Chief Executive, that the pro-establishment camp ādidnāt even try to find him (John Lee) an opponentā, showing how pathetic the society was.
Source: InMedia #May8
Hong Kong Police Surround Pro-democracy Group Calling for Universal Suffrage on Election Day
In the past it would have been common to see protests during the #ChiefExecutive Election in Hong Kong.
It is, however, not the case anymore, as almost all the pro-democracy legislators have been jailed, coupled with the reformation of the electoral system.
On the early morning of May 8, 2022, the League of Social Democrats (#LSD), a pro-democracy group, tried to head towards the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (#HKCEC) to protest; however, their members were stopped and searched by the police in Central Plaza, and were thereby banned from entering HKCEC.
As early as at 7:30am, over 30 policemen, all wearing stabproof vest, were stationed outside the clinic of Family Planning Association of Hong Kong in Wan Chai.
The chairperson of the League of Social Democrats Chan Po-ying comdemned the newly formed government for not tolerating opposing ideas, āDoes #JohnLeeās āStarting a New Chapterā mean banning peaceful petition?ā she asked.
Chan also expressed that Hong Kong is ruled by fear, and that organisations often have to think twice before conducting any activity. She added that the League of Social Democrats understood the ineffectiveness in protesting, but still wished that the community was not silence. She then moved on to encourage organisations in the society to persevere, whilst lamenting over John Leeās ālack of competitorā in his run for Chief Executive, that the pro-establishment camp ādidnāt even try to find him (John Lee) an opponentā, showing how pathetic the society was.
Source: InMedia #May8
Chief Executive-Elect Rejects Needs to Defend Freedom in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chief Executive-Elect, John Lee visited the Legislative Council in early May and was asked why defending the freedom of speech and the press freedom was not in his election platform.
Lee argued that the city's mini-constitution, Basic Law has offered freedom in Hong Kong in many ways.
"We have all the freedom." He defended, "But this doesn't mean we have the freedom to violate the law."
Lee also added, "so long as permitted by the law, everyone has absolute freedom."
Source: Inmediahk; #May09
#ChiefExecutive #JohnLee #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeech
https://bit.ly/398Qbxa
Hong Kong Chief Executive-Elect, John Lee visited the Legislative Council in early May and was asked why defending the freedom of speech and the press freedom was not in his election platform.
Lee argued that the city's mini-constitution, Basic Law has offered freedom in Hong Kong in many ways.
"We have all the freedom." He defended, "But this doesn't mean we have the freedom to violate the law."
Lee also added, "so long as permitted by the law, everyone has absolute freedom."
Source: Inmediahk; #May09
#ChiefExecutive #JohnLee #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeech
https://bit.ly/398Qbxa
Cartoon by #AhTo: "We & Us"
"All animals are equal, bur WE are more equal than US."
[in Simplified Chinese] "This is WE"
[in Simplified Chinese] "This is US."
"But WE is not US."
[Editor's note: Taking the ideaāsome animals are more equal than othersāfrom #GeorgeOrwell's Animal Farm, the 4-frame cartoon by Hong Kong artist Ah To is a satire on Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect #JohnLee's election campaign.
Amidst criticism, Lee defended his campaign slogan "We and Us" as a reflection of "his belief in fairness and togetherness".
Source: Ah To
https://www.facebook.com/100044541035098/posts/561762701985093/
#FailedState #AnimalFarm #ChiefExecutive #English #SmallCircleElection
"All animals are equal, bur WE are more equal than US."
[in Simplified Chinese] "This is WE"
[in Simplified Chinese] "This is US."
"But WE is not US."
[Editor's note: Taking the ideaāsome animals are more equal than othersāfrom #GeorgeOrwell's Animal Farm, the 4-frame cartoon by Hong Kong artist Ah To is a satire on Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect #JohnLee's election campaign.
Amidst criticism, Lee defended his campaign slogan "We and Us" as a reflection of "his belief in fairness and togetherness".
Source: Ah To
https://www.facebook.com/100044541035098/posts/561762701985093/
#FailedState #AnimalFarm #ChiefExecutive #English #SmallCircleElection
#Court #FailedState
Upcoming Chief Executive Violates Election Regulations and Asks to be Exempted
#JohnLee, former chief of police and the next Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, was found violating the election regulations, as he failed to submit the Consent of Support forms on the day when his advertisement was published.
The consent forms concerned table tennis team coach Li Ching, lawmaker Nelson Lam and artist Alex Fong.
The penalties can go up to a fine of HK$5,000 and a sentence of six months in jail; however, Lee asked the High Court to āexemptā him from the regulations, and ārelieveā him from the penalties.
According to Hong Kong Free Press, Lee also urged the court to waive the costs of his application for the penalties to be waived.
Source: Ming Pao; Hong Kong Free Press #Jun8
Image: ReNews
Upcoming Chief Executive Violates Election Regulations and Asks to be Exempted
#JohnLee, former chief of police and the next Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, was found violating the election regulations, as he failed to submit the Consent of Support forms on the day when his advertisement was published.
The consent forms concerned table tennis team coach Li Ching, lawmaker Nelson Lam and artist Alex Fong.
The penalties can go up to a fine of HK$5,000 and a sentence of six months in jail; however, Lee asked the High Court to āexemptā him from the regulations, and ārelieveā him from the penalties.
According to Hong Kong Free Press, Lee also urged the court to waive the costs of his application for the penalties to be waived.
Source: Ming Pao; Hong Kong Free Press #Jun8
Image: ReNews
#HongKong Bashes #GlobalMedia With Hundreds of Complaint Letters
//From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters in 2022 blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub.
At least 174 media outlets in almost 30 countries received missives from city leaders -- including its now chief executive, #JohnLee -- since China announced in May 2020 that it would impose a national security law on the former British colony. The correspondence, often written both in English and the publicationās native language, was uploaded to the āClarificationsā tab of the governmentās communications platform known as Brand Hong Kong.
About half of the letters, which responded to a mix of reports and editorials, hit back at criticism of Beijingās sweeping security law, while roughly a third defended a mandate that only Communist Party loyalists can hold office in the city. Neighboring Asian nations got 42% of the complaints, led by Japan and South Korea, while business publications including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Economist got the most letters. Bloomberg received seven...
Hong Kongās crackdown on freedoms has eroded the cityās reputation among many foreign governments...
Hong Kongās press freedom ranking has plummeted since the security law clamped down on free speech. The city came 148 in the Reporters Without Borders 2022 World Press Freedom Index, representing a fall of 68 places from last year.//
Source: Bloomberg #Jul25
https://t.co/OHZN4fVjye
#Whitewash #Censorship #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #PoliceState #Authoritarianism
//From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters in 2022 blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub.
At least 174 media outlets in almost 30 countries received missives from city leaders -- including its now chief executive, #JohnLee -- since China announced in May 2020 that it would impose a national security law on the former British colony. The correspondence, often written both in English and the publicationās native language, was uploaded to the āClarificationsā tab of the governmentās communications platform known as Brand Hong Kong.
About half of the letters, which responded to a mix of reports and editorials, hit back at criticism of Beijingās sweeping security law, while roughly a third defended a mandate that only Communist Party loyalists can hold office in the city. Neighboring Asian nations got 42% of the complaints, led by Japan and South Korea, while business publications including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Economist got the most letters. Bloomberg received seven...
Hong Kongās crackdown on freedoms has eroded the cityās reputation among many foreign governments...
Hong Kongās press freedom ranking has plummeted since the security law clamped down on free speech. The city came 148 in the Reporters Without Borders 2022 World Press Freedom Index, representing a fall of 68 places from last year.//
Source: Bloomberg #Jul25
https://t.co/OHZN4fVjye
#Whitewash #Censorship #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #PoliceState #Authoritarianism
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Hong Kong Bashes Global Media With Hundreds of Complaint Letters
From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub.