controlled, tight circle vote to replace carrie lam as chief executive. kristie lu, tell us about john lee and what his leadership might bring. reporter: yeah, well john lee, the sole contender, the ex-security chief who represents security and stability, law and order. he was, as expected, selected as the next leader of hong kong. i m standing in the hong kong convention exhibition center where something called the 2022 chief executive election took place. but this was not a popular vote. not a popularity contest. the 7.4 million residents of hong kong had no say in who their next leader is. rather, under electoral overall rules you had a less than 1,500-member election committee consisting of 15ly pro-beijing patriots who are eligible to vote and select the next leader of hong kong. that individual is john lee. it s been almost 25 years since china assumed sovereignty over
we saw him inaugurated for a second term following a decisive win over right-wing candidate marine le pen. in the speech macron gave he said france needs to help democracy to prevail, to build what he described a as new european peace and autonomy. ahead on cnn newsroom as expected, the ex-security chief and sole candidate john lee has been selected as the next chief executive of hong kong. but what will his leadership bring? we ll discuss that after the break. hair therapy shampoo & conditioner with ceramide & peptide. it nourishes at a cellular level to rescue damaged hair. discover 10 x stronger hairr with new dove hair therapy rerescue and protect. my asthma felt anything but normal. it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala reduces asthma attacks it s a once-monthly add-on tatment for severe eosinophilic asthma.
ALMATY: Kazakhstan's former intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of treason, the state security agency said on Saturday, as the former Soviet republic cracks down on a wave of unrest and starts to assign blame.The detention of Karim Massimov was announced by the National Security Committee which he himself headed until he was fired by President.