Hong Kong’s Lam to Meet Officials in Beijing Amid Protests
- Visit follows six months of unrest, opposition’s poll victory
- Chief executive to give ‘full account’ of Hong Kong events
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Hong Kong’s besieged leader arrived in Beijing for meetings with senior Chinese officials seeking to end pro-democracy protests that have raged for more than six months.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam, whose administration has been fiercely criticized for its handling of the unrest, arrived at a hotel in Beijing around noon on Saturday for an annual visit, according to RTHK. Her trip comes shortly after an estimated 800,000 people took to the streets in a demonstration, and follows a landslide victory by opposition pro-democracy parties over Lam and her pro-establishment allies in local elections.