HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's former security chief John Lee on Wednesday threw his hat in the ring to become the city's next chief executive, after winning majority backing from a Beijing-controlled election committee that all but guarantees him the job.
Lee officially submitted his candidacy having secured 786 Election Committee nominations -- which represents more than half of its 1,463 members -- just days before the ballot period winds up and with no other candidates officially in the race.
