Pressure on Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam is mounting amid signs that she may delay an unpopular extradition bill which has drawn hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in protest. Pressure on Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam is mounting amid signs that she may delay an unpopular extradition bill which has drawn hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in protest. Opponents want her to withdraw the bill, which would allow Hong Kong suspects to be tried in mainland China. Some members of the executive council, Hong Kong’s cabinet, said she should perhaps rethink plans to rush the bill’s passage. It is unclear how the local leadership might defuse the crisis, given Beijing’s strong support for the extradition bill and its distaste for dissent and foreign pressure.

Source: Irish Independent June 15, 2019 06:56 UTC