Protest movement and overseeing the crackdown and implementation of the national security law which are seen widely at least by activists as essentially a weapon against people that choose to speak out against beijing and against the authorities here and we a staunch supporter of beijing, a person backed by beijing has been selected to the city for the next five years. many people, especially activists and demonstrators, will say thatjohn lee s association with the police and his background suggest hong kong is becoming a police state. the authorities would criticise that, they call this a closed circle election, but many critics and activists say this was simply a selection process. was there any sign of opposition to the selection? around one hour before
Selected to the city for the next five years. many people, especially activists and demonstrators, will say thatjohn lee s association with the police and his background suggest hong kong is becoming a police state. the authorities would criticise that, they call this a closed circle election, but many critics and activists say this was simply a selection process. was there any sign of opposition to the selection? around one hour before the ports were cast in the exhibition centre are very small group, infact exhibition centre are very small group, in factjust three people, decided to protest outside and marched along streets of hong kong close to the exhibition centre and held a banner. there were much more journalists than protesters and more police than even the journalists so there was a small sign of opposition. it is very rare to see
The bbc s danny vincent has been monitoring all the developments and has more now on the man who is set to lead hong kong for the next five years. john lee has a background in the police force. he quietly rose to a position of power in the police force and then eventually became the secretary for security. here, he became well known in hong kong for cracking down against the 2019 protest movement and overseeing the crackdown and implementation of the national security law, which is seen widely, at least by activists, as essentially a weapon against people that choose to speak out against beijing and against the authorities here. so, we see that a staunch supporter, a person who is backed by beijing has been selected to lead the city for the next five years. many people, especially activists and demonstrators, they would say thatjohn lee s association with the police force
Has been selected to lead the city for the next five years. many people, especially activists and demonstrators, they would say thatjohn lee s association with the police force and his background suggest that hong kong is becoming a police state. the authorities would criticise that, they call this an election, a closed circle election, they call it, but many critics and activists say this was simply a selection process. there are more than 50 thousand new breast cancer cases in the uk each year with women from ethnic minority backgrounds less likely to attend screening. after nagina kaleem (nag ee nah kal eem) was diagnosed, she said some people in the south asian community blamed her for getting the disease. sophia seth went to meet her. i was feeling like i m untouchable person, and very worthless.
Has transformed from a dynamic, global financial centre characterised by the rule of law to a place where people now face potential life sentences simply for exercising their legally guaranteed rights. as a result, over these past five years, many people have called on carrie lam to step down, but actually is, ifear that, really, nothing will change and that her legacy will be a hong kong that was personally changed for the worse. indeed, kevin. just in terms of her replacement, we are hearing reports thatjohn lee, her deputy, is the person likely to be selected when that selection process comes out later in the year. what do we know about him, in terms of how he might end up being in charge and it sort of policies he may put in place in hong kong? john lee is the secretary