An unofficial city-wide election conducted by Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp might have violated new national security laws by "subverting state power", said Chief Executive Carrie Lam on July 13, 2020. The weekend earlier, Hong Kong’s opposition parties organised a two-day primary election with the aim to seize majority control in the 70-seat legislature in the coming election in September. A primary election is not part Hong-Kong’s electoral system. The democrats called the outcome a…
