BREAKING: Carrie Lam won't seek a second term after leading Hong Kong through a rocky period of anti-government protests, a widening security crackdown and an overwhelming COVID-19 wave. Her successor will be picked in May.
“I will complete my five year term as chief executive on the 30th of June this year, and I will also call an end to my 42 years of public service,” Lam said at a news conference.
Massive protests against the territory’s government rocked Hong Kong in 2019 including calls for Lam to step down. Beijing responded in 2020 with a tough national security law that has stifled dissent in the semiautonomous Chinese city.Hong Kong media say that her No. 2 John Lee is likely to enter the race to succeed her. Chief Secretary Lee was the city’s head of security during the protests.
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