The report by a watchdog group linked Dar Petroleum Operating Company to the president and outlined other major players it said were complicit in violence and corruption.

Carrie Lam’s comments further demonstrate it is Beijing directing response to crisisA leaked audio recording of Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has emerged in which she can be heard saying she would quit if she had “a choice” but suggested she was being prevented from doing so by authorities in...