Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s apology stopped short of withdrawing a proposed controversial extradition law, sparking calls by some for more protests
HONG KONG—This city’s embattled leader signaled that her government is unlikely to resurrect a proposed extradition law, which she suspended on Saturday following mass protests, in an effort to quell the biggest public unrest in 22 years of Chinese rule.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s carefully chosen remarks stopped short of withdrawing the controversial legislation, which would allow suspects to be sent to China for trial, and were immediately rejected by opposition groups who have demanded the plan be scrapped and the Mrs....The third mass demonstration in the last eight days happened in Hong Kong on Sunday, The WSJ’s Crystal Tai spoke with some of the marchers.
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