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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam admits US sanctions over national security law will be an inconvenience but says she and her colleagues ‘will not be intimidated’
- Carrie Lam says the use of financial services, credit cards may be affected but those are ‘meaningless as far as she is concerned’
- Trump administration imposed economic sanctions on her and 10 other current and former officials earlier this month over the national security law
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Hong Kong’s leader has admitted that US sanctions imposed on her because of the national security law will be an inconvenience but says she and her colleagues will not be intimidated and that it felt honourable to be trusted by Beijing to enforce the legislation.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor spoke with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN in an interview aired on Monday, after the Trump administration imposed economic sanctions on her and 10 other current and former officials earlier this month over the national security law.
Under the sanctions, the US-based assets of individuals or entities are blocked and Americans and businesses are generally prohibited from dealing with those officials.
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Lam admitted in the interview with the English-language broadcaster that the sanctions would be an inconvenience.
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US sanctions 11 Hong Kong and mainland officials including Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam
US sanctions 11 Hong Kong and mainland officials including Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam
“We have to use some financial services and we don’t know whether that will relate back to an agency that has some American business, and the use of credit cards will be sort of hampered and so on,” she said. “But those are really meaningless, as far as I am concerned.
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