Hong Kong Extradition Bill ‘is Dead’: Carrie Lam

Hong Kong, MINA – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland “is dead”.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Ms Lam said the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”, BBC was quoted by MINA as reporting.

But she stopped short of saying it had been withdrawn completely, as protesters have been demanding.

The bill sparked weeks of unrest in the city and the government had already suspended it indefinitely.

“But there are still lingering doubts about the government’s sincerity or worries whether the government will restart the process in the Legislative Council,” Ms Lam told reporters.

So I reiterate here, there is no such plan. The bill is dead.”

She had previously said the bill “will die” in 2020 when the current legislative term ends.

Hong Kong, a former British colony, is part of China but run under a “one country, two systems” arrangement that guarantees it a level of autonomy.

It has its own judiciary and a separate legal system from mainland China. (T/RI-1/P2)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)