"Hong Kong people and visitors passing by Hong Kong will lose their right not to be extradited into mainland China," he said. Law clerk Edward Wen, 45, said the difference in human rights standards between Hong Kong and the mainland was too great to bridge. The marchers' chanted demands for Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to step down echoed through the high-rise streets, with some protesters saying she had "betrayed" Hong Kong. Some sported yellow umbrellas - the symbol of the Occupy pro-democracy movement that paralysed parts of Hong Kong for 11 weeks in 2014. A group of 33 followers of Falun Gong, a religious sect banned in China, flew from Taiwan to Hong Kong on Saturday to join the march but were refused entry to Hong Kong, RTHK reported.

Source: The Star April 28, 2019 08:20 UTC