is finished, Hong Kong is also finished.”“It will be just like any other Chinese city, so corrupt and no rule of law,” she said. Those concerns set off protests this year after several book publishers based in Hong Kong vanished, only to reappear weeks later in Chinese custody. Mr. Leung nominates the leader of the commission, as he did with Mr. Peh, who is then appointed by China’s central government. A Hong Kong member of the National People’s Congress advisory body was expelled in 2014 after he voiced disapproval of Mr. Leung’s handling of the street protests. They are so mistrustful of him.”It is not known whether Ms. Tam had any role in reviewing the anticorruption commission’s investigation into Mr. Leung.

Source: International New York Times July 26, 2016 09:00 UTC