Hong Kong protesters demanding universal suffrage and an amnesty for those charg...
SINGAPORE - Hong Kong protesters demanding universal suffrage and an amnesty for those charged with rioting are trying to humiliate and bring down the Chinese-ruled city’s government, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Wednesday.
His comments came after Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had to abandon a policy speech on Wednesday after she was jeered by pro-democracy lawmakers. “There is no simple solution ... to say we want universal suffrage, but Hong Kong is not a country, it is a special administrative region,” Lee added.
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