HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed on Monday to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to mainland China a day after the city's biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997. All later appeared in detention in China, and some appeared in apparent forced confessions broadcast in Hong Kong. The proposed changes provide for case-by-case extraditions to jurisdictions, including mainland China, beyond the 20 states with which Hong Kong already has treaties. Tara Joseph, president of the local American Chamber of Commerce, said the credibility of Hong Kong was on the line. Hong Kong newspaper Mingpao said in an editorial the government should take the protesters seriously and that pushing the legislation forward would exacerbate tensions.

Source: The Star June 10, 2019 03:43 UTC