WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers including Florida Senator Marco Rubio has urged Joe Biden's administration to 'prohibit' Hong Kong's sanctioned leader from attending an annual Pacific economic summit in California. The Chinese finance hub is one of the member economies of the Asia
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers including Florida Senator Marco Rubio has urged Joe Biden's administration to"prohibit" Hong Kong's sanctioned leader from attending an annual Pacific economic summit in California.
But Hong Kong leader John Lee was placed under US sanctions in 2020 by the Donald Trump administration due to his role as the city's security chief in crushing massive and at times violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong the year before. The US Treasury had said in 2020 Lee was involved in"coercing, arresting, detaining, or imprisoning individuals" under the authority of Beijing-imposed national security law.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had earlier confirmed plans to invite Lee, according to the lawmakers.
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