Pro-Beijing Lawmaker: ‘Why Not?’ Have a Police State in Hong Kong
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25 Jun 2021
Pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker Alice Mak said on Friday there is nothing wrong with the island becoming a “police state” because only authoritarian “discipline” can bring “security” after the massive protests of 2019.
Mak made her remarks to defend the promotions of two key figures in the brutal crackdown against democracy over the past year, Security Secretary John Lee and Police Commissioner Chris Tang.
Lee was promoted to chief secretary, the number two position in Hong Kong’s puppet government, while Tang will take Lee’s former position as security secretary. Lee will be the first chief secretary from a security background since China took possession of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1997.