HONG KONG — Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said a widely loathed proposal to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland "is dead" -- but again stopped short of protester demands to withdraw the bill. The rallies were sparked by a now-suspended law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. "I come to the conclusion that there are some fundamental and deep-seated problems in Hong Kong society," she said. Lam had previously suspended debate on the extradition bill and said her administration had no plans to reintroduce it into the city's Legislative Council (LegCo). So 'the bill is dead' is a relatively resolute saying," she added.

Source: Philippine Star July 09, 2019 02:48 UTC