The US should not interfere in Hong Kong’s internal affairs, leader John Lee has said after American president-elect Donald Trump said it would be “so easy” to free detained media tycoon Jimmy Lai. “If a country wants to develop trade relations or normal relations with another economy, mutual respect is important. Also, there should be respect, so there should be no interference with local, internal affairs,” Lee said during a weekly press conference when asked by a reporter about Trump’s comments on the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon. “And also, Hong Kong attach[es]great importance to the rule…
