Hong Kong voters went to the polls for the first time since an electoral overhaul and a sweeping national security law were imposed on the city. Only candidates deemed by the government to be ‘patriots’ can run in the Legislative Council election. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, among the first to vote, said the government ‘had not set any target’ on the turnout rate

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