Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the controversial extradition bill that has led to mass protests in the city 'is dead.'
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, speaks during a news conference at Central Government Complex on June 15, 2019 in Hong Kong China.leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the controversial extradition bill that has led to mass protests in the city is "dead."
Lam, meanwhile, said she took full responsibility for what has happened in the city, according to a translation of her address. "I have almost immediately put a stop to the amendment exercise, but there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council, so I reiterate here: There is no such plan, the bill is dead."
On Sunday, a large group of protesters — organizers claimed more than 200,000, police put the number at roughly 56,000 — took to the streets in the Kowloon area of the cityHong Kong was a British colony until 1997, when it became a special administrative region of China under a "one country, two systems" framework with the territory's legal system independent from the rest of the country.
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