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Beijing loyalist John Lee elected as Hong Kong’s next leader

John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong and the only candidate for the city's top job, speaks next to his wife during a news conference after declaring his victory in the chief executive election of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday, after winning over 99% of votes cast by a largely pro-Beijing election committee. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong and the only candidate for the city's top job, celebrates with his wife after declaring his victory in the chief executive election of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday by an election committee comprised of nearly 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong and the only candidate for the city's top job, celebrates with his wife after declaring his victory in the chief executive election of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday by an election committee comprised of nearly 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, speaks to election committee members outside a polling station for the chief executive election in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city's only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong's next chief executive. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, waits for the election committee members outside a polling station for the chief executive election in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city's only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong's next chief executive. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Police officers set up a demonstration area near a polling station in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. A Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city’s only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A pro-democracy protester is searched by police officers as she chants slogan against the chief executive election near a polling station in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. A Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city’s only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Pro-democracy protesters are surrounded by police officers as they carry banner against the chief executive election near a polling station in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. A Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city’s only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. The banner reads "Human rights is higher than the regime. One person, one vote for the chief executive, immediately implement universal suffrage." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Pro-democracy protesters are surrounded by police officers as they carry banner against the chief executive election near a polling station in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 8, 2022. A Hong Kong election committee is voting Sunday for the city’s only leadership candidate, John Lee, who is widely expected to win and become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. The banner reads "Human rights is higher than the regime. One person, one vote for the chief executive, immediately implement universal suffrage." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install Lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Beijing loyalist John Lee elected as Hong Kong’s next leader