Hong Kong leader advocates retaliatory sanctions against West

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam (Vincent Yu/AP)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has backed legislation allowing retaliatory sanctions after the US and other Western governments punished city officials over the ongoing crackdown on democracy activists.

Ms Lam said the anti-foreign sanctions law should be adopted in Hong Kong through local legislation, rather than imposed by Beijing, and added that she has told the Chinese government her views.