Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of an extradit...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and has thrown the Chinese-controlled city into its worst crisis in decades, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
The bill would have allowed extraditions from the former British colony to mainland China, where courts are controlled by the Communist Party. The other demands are: the retraction of the word “riot” to describe rallies, the release of all arrested demonstrators, an independent inquiry into perceived brutality of the police and the right for people in Hong Kong to democratically choose their own leaders.JOSHUA WONG, LEADER OF 2014 PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS:MICHAEL TIEN, HONG KONG LEGISLATURE MEMBER AND DEPUTY TO CHINA’S NATIONAL PARLIAMENT:“If the government mentioned it in June, it would have stopped already.
“I think now that people are going back to school, they have less free time, I think that protests will slow down, but not quickly.
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