HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Mrs Carrie Lam, plans to formally withdraw a controversial Bill that would have allowed extraditions to China, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday , citing unidentified sources.
Other demands are an independent inquiry into the protests, fully democratic elections, dropping the term"riot" in describing protests, and dropping charges against arrested protesters.Her move follows a weekend that saw some of the fiercest clashes between protesters and riot police. Hong Kong stocks jumped, led by property developers, after news reports said Mrs Lam will formally withdraw the extradition Bill that has sparked months of protests.
The turmoil that followed Mrs Lam’s attempt to introduce the ill-fated Bill – including mass marches that drew over a million people and protests that shut the city’s busy airport – have turned into the biggest crisis for Beijing’s rule over the former British colony since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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