Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says not seeking second term

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says not seeking second term

HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday said she would not seek a second term in office after a turbulent tenure in which the career bureaucrat has struggled through a backlash against a Beijing-imposed national security law and her government’s handling of the city’s worst COVID-19 outbreak.