Hong Kong New Leader John Lee’s Cabinet Includes 4 Officials Under US Sanctions

Beijing announced the appointment of leading officials of the sixth-term Hong Kong Government on June 19, 2022. John Lee Ka-chiu, held a press conference in the afternoon of June 19, 2022. Left to right: Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-kee, sixth Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, and Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. Adrian Yu/The Epoch Times

On the morning of June 19, Beijing appointed 26 new principal officials to the Hong Kong government, the sixth government since the handover, to take up office from July 1.

On the same day Chief Executive (CE) elect John Lee Ka-chiu led his new troupe of officials to meet the press. Four of the principal officials are sanctioned by the U.S. government, including Lee himself. Public opinions indicate that people from the commercial sector are not too keen to join the new government, one of the reasons is because of the risk of being sanctioned by other countries.