Hong Kong leader threatens harsher crackdown under emergency law
Carrie Lam refuses to rule out curfew or delaying elections after banning protesters’ face masks
Hong Kong’s leader has hinted that colonial-era powers she deployed to ban face masks at protests could be used for even harsher measures, amid calls from police groups and critics of the protest movement for a citywide curfew.
At a press conference to announce the new anti-mask law Carrie Lam told journalists “freedoms are not without limits”. Asked about further restrictions, including a possible delay to local elections set for November, she said that if violence did not stop, the government would not rule out any measures permitted by law.
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