Carrie Lam used emergency powers to implement a "no masks" law, basically giving the police the legal authority to arrest protesters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/w...cy-powers.html
And for some irony.
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The law, the so-called Emergency Regulations Ordinance, offers the chief executive extensive legal authority to pass rules without having to go through the legislature. It was last used during deadly riots in 1967, when pro-Communist protesters railed against the British government that oversaw the city.
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