Hong Kong extradition bill is dead, says Carrie Lam
Protesters demand she completely withdraw the bill, saying she is playing word games by declaring the bill dead
09 July 2019 - 07:18
Hong Kong — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the city’s biggest political crisis in decades was dead and the government’s work on the bill a “total failure”.
But Lam’s attempt to restore order in the Asian financial hub and cling to her job did not satisfy many protesters who demanded she completely withdraw the bill and charged her with playing word games by declaring the bill dead...
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