Several hundred people rallied in Hong Kong on Friday after the expiry of a deadline protesters set for the government to completely scrap a controversial extradition bill, in the latest wave of protests in the Chinese-ruled city.
Demonstrators, mostly students dressed in black, gathered peacefully outside the legislature to vent their anger and frustration at Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam who promoted, and then postponed, the bill after mass protests.
The bill would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to the mainland to face trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party.
The protest comes after weeks of political unrest in which millions have marched to oppose a proposed law that would enable extraditions to the Chinese mainland, but the movement has transformed into a larger rebuke of Hong Kong’s government.
Via CNA
