Hong Kong protesters push for axing of extradition bill
Demonstrators on Friday demand that leader Carrie Lam scrap the extradition bill
21 June 2019 - 10:15
Hong Kong — Thousands dressed in black marched in Hong Kong on Friday to press for the full withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that has triggered violent protests and plunged the financial hub into political crisis.
Demonstrators, mostly students wearing hard hats, goggles and face masks, disrupted traffic on key roads in a mostly peaceful protest to demand that embattled leader Carrie Lam, who promoted and then postponed the bill, scrap it altogether...
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