Hong Kong Leader Suspends Controversial Extradition Bill
The bill, to allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China, triggered massive protests in the territory. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she was concerned about further unrest.
by Anthony Kuhn
Jun 15, 2019
3 minutes
Hong Kong's government has said it will indefinitely shelve a bill which would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China.
The bill triggered widespread anxiety in Hong Kong about the erosion of civil liberties in the territory, and triggered protests of, by some estimates, up to a million people last Sunday, followed by violent clashes which left around 80 police and protesters injured.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam told a press conference Saturday afternoon that
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