HK leader Lam says she hasn't resigned because it's easy way out | Inquirer News

HK leader Lam says she hasn’t resigned because it’s easy way out

/ 12:21 PM September 03, 2019

HONG KONG – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she has never tendered her resignation to China over the anti-government protests that have roiled the city for three months.

 HK leader Lam says she hasn't resigned because it's easy way out

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam reacts during a press conference in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Lam was asked repeatedly at a news briefing Tuesday about a Reuters report citing leaked audio of her telling business leaders recently that she would quit “if I had a choice.”

Lam said she did voice her frustrations during the private meeting but also explained that quitting was an easy way out for her amid the prolonged crisis.

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She also slammed the recording and leaking of her comments as “unacceptable.”

Lam was elected as Hong Kong’s chief executive by a pro-Beijing committee of Hong Kong elites and has come under withering criticism for pushing the widely opposed extradition bill that set off the protests. /gsg

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