Credit card problems for HK’s Carrie Lam as sanctions bite

Hong Kong's leader says using her credit cards had been "hampered" by the United States slapping sanctions on her in response to a sweeping new security law in the financial hub. Chief Executive Carrie Lam was personally targeted, along with 10 other senior city officials, in the toughest US action on Hong Kong since Beijing imposed the new law on the territory in late June. The move by Washington freezes the American assets of the 11 officials and criminalises any financial transactions in the US. The US Treasury Department said Lam was sanctioned because she is "is directly responsible for implementing Beijing's policies of suppression of freedom and democratic processes". Lam told Chinese state media that although the measures are "really meaningless" for her, she now has problems paying by plastic.

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