Hong Kong leader says China extradition bill is 'dead'
- 5 years ago
홍콩 행정장관 캐리 램 "송환법은 죽었다... 완전한 실패" 선언
Hong Kong's Chief Executive announced that the controversial bill that sparked weeks of demonstrations in the territory... is 'dead'.
But Carrie Lam did not go further on whether the legislation would be withdrawn as protesters have demanded.
Kan Hyeong-woo gets us up to speed with the developments.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her administration's extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to the Chinese mainland for trial is 'dead'.
"But there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or worries whether the government will restart the process in the Legislative Council. So I reiterate here, there is no such plan. The bill is dead."
During the press conference,... Lam added that the government's efforts on the extradition bill had been a 'total failure'.
But the Hong Kong leader did not make it clear whether the controversial legislation was being withdrawn... as protesters have demanded.
Later on the same day,... protesters held a presser of their own to express their distrust toward the current administration.
"The extradition bill being put in a legislative council is a very legal, very formal legal procedure. However, she only said that the bill is dead, we cannot find the word dead in any of the laws in Hong Kong or any of the legal proceedings in a legislative council."
Over the past few weeks,... hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the extradition bill,... expressing fears that Hong Kong is losing the freedoms that were guaranteed when the former British colony was returned to China in 1997.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News
Hong Kong's Chief Executive announced that the controversial bill that sparked weeks of demonstrations in the territory... is 'dead'.
But Carrie Lam did not go further on whether the legislation would be withdrawn as protesters have demanded.
Kan Hyeong-woo gets us up to speed with the developments.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her administration's extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to the Chinese mainland for trial is 'dead'.
"But there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or worries whether the government will restart the process in the Legislative Council. So I reiterate here, there is no such plan. The bill is dead."
During the press conference,... Lam added that the government's efforts on the extradition bill had been a 'total failure'.
But the Hong Kong leader did not make it clear whether the controversial legislation was being withdrawn... as protesters have demanded.
Later on the same day,... protesters held a presser of their own to express their distrust toward the current administration.
"The extradition bill being put in a legislative council is a very legal, very formal legal procedure. However, she only said that the bill is dead, we cannot find the word dead in any of the laws in Hong Kong or any of the legal proceedings in a legislative council."
Over the past few weeks,... hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the extradition bill,... expressing fears that Hong Kong is losing the freedoms that were guaranteed when the former British colony was returned to China in 1997.
Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News