Hong Kong’s Lam Dismisses ‘Malicious’ Report She’ll Be Replaced
- Leader says she has Beijing’s backing after months of protest
- Sees negative economic growth expected this year amid unrest
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam dismissed reports of her looming replacement as “very malicious,” reiterating that she had Beijing’s support despite more than four months of unrest.
Lam’s comments before a meeting of the city’s Executive Council Tuesday came after a Financial Times report said Beijing was mulling a plan to remove Lam after her administration failed to quell months of increasingly violent unrest. Pro-establishment lawmaker Michael Tien separately told Bloomberg News that Beijing was looking into a plan to replace the chief executive, and was considering candidates to fill Hong Kong’s top job next year.