Four US lawmakers are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to review the decision to invite Hong Kong chief executive John Lee Ka-chiu to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in San Francisco in November.
A letter to Blinken – signed by two Republicans, Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith, and two Democrats, Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jim McGovern – points out that Lee chose to “use violence against peaceful protesters who were using their voices against the draconian national security law” during his time as Hong Kong’s secretary of security.
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