Hungarian leader Carrie Lam acknowledged that she had problems using her credit cards after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on her and 10 other senior city officials after China imposed a strict security law on the city, according to a report.
‘As far as I’m concerned, it’s going to be a bit awkward here and there, because we have to use some financial services and we do not know if that will relate back to an agency that has some American business – and the use of credit cards is a bit hindered. , ‘said Lam, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing state broadcaster CGTN.
Lam and the other officials were targeted by the Trump administration for curtailing the freedoms of pro-democracy protesters and after the Chinese Communist Party enacted an expansive security law in June.
She kicked off the effects of the sanctions.
“Despite some discomfort in my personal affairs, that’s nothing I will take to heart,” Lam said. “We will continue to do what is right for the country and for Hong Kong.”
Chinese state-owned banks in Hong Kong are taking tentative steps to follow the sanctions, Bloomberg reported.
At the time the sanctions were initially announced, Lam said she would ‘laugh it off’ if the US sanctioned her.
“I have no assets in the United States, nor do I long to move to the United States,” Lam said at the time.
The latest onslaught of unrest in the region was fueled by a bill that Lam sought last year through the Hong Kong legislature that allowed China to extradite criminal suspects to mainland China.
China’s security law makes “subversion” or “collusion with foreign forces” punishable by life in prison, allows more government control over schools, social organizations and the media, and gives legislators broad powers.
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