John Lee, former No. Kin Cheung via AP HONG KONG — John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, was elected as the city’s next leader on Sunday in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee. Kin Cheung via AP The election followed major changes to Hong Kong’s electoral laws last year …
Hong Kong protesters have blamed police over the death of a university student who fell from a parking lot while trying to escape tear gas that police had fired during a pro-democracy protest at the weekend. Key points: Chow Tsz-lok is the second protester to die since the pro-democracy movement started in June He was a computer science student at …
