Hong Kong leader forced to deliver key speech via video after protests
Carrie Lam interrupted twice by angry pro-democracy politicians, who shouted her down during address
Hong Kong's beleaguered leader, Carrie Lam, has condemned ongoing violent street protests for dampening the economy and ruining the image of the financial hub, in a key annual policy speech that she was forced to deliver via video link after after being heckled in parliament.
Pro-democracy lawmakers jeered and yelled slogans as she walked into the legislature's chamber and started to speak, forcing the unprecedented cancellation of the speech. The legislative council resumed sessions on Wednesday for the first time after it was suspended on 12 June, when it was besieged by protesters demanding the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill.
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