Carrie Lam Gives Up Cambridge University Fellowship After Human Rights Concerns Raised

Carrie Lam Gives Up Cambridge University Fellowship After Human Rights Concerns Raised
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam takes part in her weekly press conference in Hong Kong on Oct. 15, 2019. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images
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Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam said on Saturday that she gave up the title of Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, after receiving a letter from the college asking her to answer questions regarding human rights and freedom of the press in Hong Kong.

The fellowship title has been crossed out from Lam’s annual declaration of registrable interests document published on the Executive Council’s website.