In one of the most significant climbdowns by the government since Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule in 1997, Lam said the city's legislature would stop all work on the bill. Furious demonstrators had confronted police as anger grew over plans to allow extradition to mainland China. (Image: REUTERS)(Image: REUTERS)The extradition bill, which will cover Hong Kong residents and foreign and Chinese nationals living or travelling in the city, has many concerned it may threaten the rule of law that underpins Hong Kong's international financial status. (Image: AFP/Getty Images)Despite calls to disperse, defiant demonstrators said they would not stop until the bill was withdrawn. Hong Kong was a British colony between 1841 and 1997, when sovereignty was returned to China.

Source: Daily Mirror June 15, 2019 07:28 UTC