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Hong Kong small-circle leadership race: Meet John Lee ā the ex-police officer #Beijing trusts
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May8
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Hong Kong small-circle leadership race: Meet John Lee ā the ex-police officer #Beijing trusts
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May8
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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
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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
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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¦
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Hong Kong Police Surround Pro-democracy Group Calling for Universal Suffrage on Election Day
Source: InMedia #May8
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Hong Kong Police Surround Pro-democracy Group Calling for Universal Suffrage on Election Day
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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