Hong Kong protests force delay to extradition bill debate
Demonstrators surround the legislature as Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam presses ahead with the legislation
12 June 2019 - 09:50
Hong Kong — Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong surrounded the city’s legislature on Wednesday, forcing it to postpone a second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
The protesters, most of them young people dressed in black, erected barricades as they prepared to hunker down for an extended occupation of the area, in scenes reminiscent of pro-democracy “Occupy” protests that rocked the city in 2014...
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