WASHINGTON: The United States will not invite Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee, who faces US sanctions, to visit San Francisco during November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, two congressional aides said on Friday (Jul 28). The US is set to host this year's gathering of leaders of APEC, of
WASHINGTON: The United States will not invite Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee, who faces US sanctions, to visit San Francisco during November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, two congressional aides said on Friday .
Reuters reported in June that a group of lawmakers, including Republican Senator Marco Rubio, sent a letter to the US State Department urging it to bar Lee from the US. Rubio said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that it was the"right call," even if the decision took longer than it should have.In its 2020 designation of Lee, the US Treasury Department said he had been involved in the"coercing, arresting, detaining, or imprisoning" of people in the Chinese city who had protested against the national security law.
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