Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam hits back at US sanctions targeting her and 10 other city officials in response to a sweeping new security law in the financial hub.

Lam has been personally targeted, along with 10 other senior city officials, in the toughest US action on Hong Kong since Beijing imposed the new law on the territory in late June.

The move by Washington freezes the American assets of the 11 officials and criminalizes any financial transactions in the US.

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