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