Hong Kong Leader Denies Beijing Won’t Let Her Resign

Hong Kong Leader Denies Beijing Won’t Let Her Resign
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong on Aug. 27, 2019. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Sept. 3 she has never asked the Chinese regime to let her resign to end the city’s political crisis, responding to a Reuters report about a voice recording of her saying she would step down if she could.

Lam told a televised news conference that Beijing believed her government could solve the three-month long crisis without mainland China’s intervention.