Hong Kong leader says rule of law being damaged, city's recovery will take long time

Reuters

12 August 2019 at 10:46 pm

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a news conference in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that "lawbreaking activites in the name of freedom" were damaging the rule of law and that the Asian financial hub's recovery from anti-government protests could take a long time.

Her comments come after China said the anti-government protests that have swept the city over the past two months had begun to show "sprouts of terrorism".

(Reporting by Noah Sin, Donny Kwok and Brenda Goh; Editing by Michael Perry)

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