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Al Jazeera (6 October 2021)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has credited the national security law imposed by China last year for ushering in what she called a “new era” in governance for the territory, even as critics condemn legislation that has led to the disqualification of pro-democracy politicians from office, dozens of arrests and the departure of thousands of Hong Kong people into exile.

In her final policy speech as the territory’s leader, Lam said on Wednesday that thanks to the security law, the legislature was no longer “disrupted and paralysed by members who were anti-China and even causing chaos in Hong Kong.

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