Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says understands public concerns about security laws, accuses US of ‘double standards’ over protests, East Asia

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HONG KONG (REUTERS, AFP) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday (June 2) she understood public concerns about Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation on the Asian financial hub as a draft was yet to be completed. In her first public appearance after Washington said it will remove Hong Kong's preferential treatment in US law , Lam said many accusations related to the proposed legislation were unfounded and urged for mutual respect in the city's relationship with the United ...