John Lee, a police officer who has directed the operation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, has announced his candidacy for the election to decide the top executive branch of the Hong Kong government next month.
Lee is said to be the only candidate supported by the Chinese government, and if elected, he will be the first police-born leader after Hong Kong's return to China.
Hong Kong government chief executive John Lee announced at a press conference on the 6th that he would run for the chief executive election on the 8th of next month.
Mr. Lee, who is from the police, has severely suppressed protests as the director of the security bureau, and is a pro-democracy activist and a pro-democracy newspaper that is critical of the government when the Hong Kong National Security Law to crack down on anti-government movements will be enforced. He led the crackdown on the Apple Daily and was appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister last year.
The chief executive's election, which is held once every five years, is a system in which about 1,500 election committee members, who are mostly pro-Chinese rather than ordinary citizens, vote and choose. He called some election commissioners and told him that he was the only candidate to be supported by the Chinese government.
Regarding the election, it has been revealed that the incumbent Carrie Lam, whose term ends at the end of June, will no longer run for office.
If there is only one candidate, Mr. Lee, a confidence vote will be held, but if he wins, he will be the first police-born leader since Hong Kong was returned to China.