Story highlights Committee of 1,194 people chooses the Hong Kong Chief ExecutiveProtests as Carrie Lam selected to succeed CY LeungHong Kong (CNN) Amid protests and poor weather, a tiny election committee drawn mostly from Hong Kong's elite has chosen the city's next leader. Carrie Lam was selected to be the fourth Hong Kong chief executive, with 777 of 1,194 possible votes. A former deputy to current Chief Executive CY Leung, Lam will be the first female leader in the city's history. Pro-democracy members on the committee, around 25% of the total, backed former Financial Secretary John Tsang, while a tiny minority of lawmakers who favor self-determination for Hong Kong spoiled their ballots in protest at the "small circle election." Joshua Wong leads crowd as they try and push past police line pic.twitter.com/NlsQFXBteS — James Griffiths (@jgriffiths) March 26, 2017Read More

Source: CNN March 26, 2017 00:10 UTC