Hong Kong leader delays extradition bill indefinitely amid protest pressure
Source: The Guardian
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam has suspended indefinitely government efforts to pass a controversial new extradition law, after a week of mass protests and street violence put heavy pressure on the city’s leaders.
At a press conference on Saturday, after three days of silence, Lam said she had “done her utmost” but admitted that the bill had “caused a lot of division” in society. The legislative process would be halted without any deadline, she said, to allow time for consultation across Hong Kong society.
Another mass demonstration had been called for Sunday, and the government appears to be trying to stave off further major humiliation – and a possible escalation in opposition – by abandoning the law a day earlier.
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Reports suggest she plans only to delay the law, rather than shelve it entirely, probably in the hope that time and further consultations will defuse the power of opposition. With the legislature due to go on summer recess in July, it would not be picked up again until autumn at the earliest.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/15/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-extradition-bill-delay-protests-china
Mass demonstrations have had an effect in a Chinese territory. Amazing.
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Instead the world is showing us, and probably asking what is wrong with us. I've been told many times here that protest don't work. I say how do we know, we haven't had a meaningful protest since the Vietnam war. Oh well, back to watching the Kardashian's.............
