![Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, speaks while wearing a protective mask during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, speaks while wearing a protective mask during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20200828100824_90860f1f6cdaa2e6fb58a33be59cb6796dfbaffff86d7eda7295a6ffe0821354.jpeg)
US Sanctions Hong Kong Chief Executive Over National Security Law
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam was cited for her attempts to pass a controversial extradition law in 2019 which, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin said, caused “a series of massive opposition demonstrations in Hong Kong” last year.