Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday that an unofficial city-wide election conducted by the pro-democracy camp over the weekend might have violated new national security laws by 'subverting state power'.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday that an unofficial city-wide election conducted by the pro-democracy camp over the weekend might have violated new national security laws by “subverting state power”.
The vote at around 250 polling stations was held to decide the strongest pro-democracy candidates to contest key Legislative Council elections in September. One of the organisers of the election, Benny Tai, told reporters that the results of the poll had been leaked ahead of an official announcement. But he said there had been no personal data breach of the voters.
It added it was now conducting an investigation and might later refer the case to law enforcement agencies.
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