Lam, the chief executive, to do.”

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she’ll accelerate dialogue but hasn’t offered any concessions since the elections. By Ken Moritsugu

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and 10 other Hong Kong and Chinese officials were sanctioned by the Trump administration in August for undermining the city’s freedoms.

The rubber-stamp standing committee said it passed the resolution in response to a request from Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam.

According to Hong Kong media RTHK, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was not present at the session while the bill was withdrawn, but many of her ministers were present.

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam suspended the extradition bill after violent protests last month when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas, but she has rejected calls to scrap it.

But Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, has argued the law would close a loophole and ensure fugitives face justice.

And despite the offices of Hong Kong’s remaining independent media and human rights organizations being raided by police, their files seized, and their personnel arrested, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam stated that the SAR has freedom of the press

(Lin Yi/The Epoch Times) Protesters carry a gigantic banner with the words “Withdraw the evil law, Carrie Lam step down” in Chinese on July 1, 2019. (Yu Gang/The Epoch Times) Protesters at Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay on July 1, 2019.

Law, who is currently living in exile in London, urged Raab to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other Hong Kong and Chinese officials responsible for alleged human rights abuses in the former British colony.

They can't believe that Carrie Lam or Beijing leaders are so stupid that they don't realize the economic damage from this."

Around 100 protesters remained trapped inside Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University (PolyU) as of Nov. 19 evening, as Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam criticized them for turning local universities into “weapons factories.”

On June 22, the pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended the police raid, calling Western criticisms an attempt to “beautify” actions that endanger national security.

Speaking on behalf of Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung reaffirmed the city’s commitment to be on high alert in face of the new pneumonia outbreak in China on Jan. 21, saying that the government does not take the health crisis

Lam, citing a local surge in COVID-19 infection cases. 

Chief Executive Carrie Lam this week said the bill was "dead" after having suspended it last month, but opponents vow to settle for nothing short of its formal withdrawal.

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam on Jan. 14 declined to comment on Roth's case. Earlier, however, China's foreign ministry spokesperson indicated that the Chinese regime had been involved in the decision to bar entry.

Yesterday, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam held a press conference, offering her apology over the “anxieties, concerns, and chaos” caused by the bill. However, she did not announce that the extradition bill would be withdrawn.

At her Tuesday press conference, Lam urged people not to “overly interpret” the cleaning activity of the Chinese soldiers, saying that it was normal for them to carry out “charitable and voluntary activities.”

In her first weekly press conference of the new year, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was terse when it came to her future relationship with the newly appointed head of Beijing’s representative agency in the city.

Although Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced the bill's withdrawal in September, protesters' concerns have not been assuaged.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong on Nov. 11, 2019.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemned the violence used by the protesters. “[The protesters’ actions] seriously affect the core values of Hong Kong’s rule of law,” Lam said at a press conference held in the early hours of July 2.

Lam then held a press conference in Beijing, but she declined to provide full details about what was discussed. “Vice Prime Minister Han Zheng said that the central government is determined to carry out the legislative work this time,” Lam said.

The more than five-month-long demonstrations were triggered by an attempt by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to push an extradition bill, which protesters believed would doom civil rights in Hong Kong, as anyone could be taken away to mainland China to face

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a news conference in Hong Kong, China on July 22, 2019.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pleaded on Tuesday for a stop to the protests, having warned of an economic "tsunami" engulfing the city last week. The protests have angered Beijing, which called them "sprouts of terrorism."

That Beijing-appointed leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, has insisted on forcing passage of the unpopular extradition bill–and is now the main target of the demonstrations.

That appears to be a warning to protesters and, perhaps, even to Carrie Lam.

On Tuesday morning local time, Hong Kong government leader Carrie Lam said at a press conference that 400 people have left PolyU voluntarily and were subsequently arrested by police surrounding the campus, on suspicion of rioting.