Hong Kong Executive Carrie Lam motions to withdraw the extradition bill completely ahead of the October 1st China National day celebration. This is a sad attempt to look like the HK government is trying to meet the first of the Hong Kong protester demands, though there is nothing from stopping her eventual replacement from re-introducing the bill at a later point. She is not declaring the bill withdrawn, which is within her power to do as executive, so this appears to be just a stall tactic.
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Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has formally withdrawn the much-despised extradition bill that sparked the nearly three-month long protest crisis now roiling the city, confirming the Post’s exclusive report earlier on Wednesday.
She will also set up an investigative platform to look into the fundamental causes of the social unrest and suggest solutions for the way forward, stopping short of turning it into a full-fledged commission of inquiry, as demanded by protesters.
The decision to withdraw the bill will mean that the government is finally acceding to at least one of the five demands of the protesters, who have taken to the streets over the past 13 weeks to voice not just their opposition to the legislation, but the overall governance of the city in demonstrations that have become increasingly violent.
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Though at this point, the protest is mostly fueled by increasing police brutality. The matter of police indiscriminate assaults still needs to be addressed and protesters currently are saying they will keep up pressure until that is resolved.
Original protester demands.
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1. Full withdrawal of the extradition bill 徹底撤回送中修例
2. A commission of inquiry into alleged police brutality 成立獨立調查委員會 追究警隊濫暴
3. Retracting the classification of protesters as “rioters” 取消暴動定性
4. Amnesty for arrested protesters 撤銷對今為所有反送中抗爭者控罪
5. Dual universal suffrage, meaning for both the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive 以行政命令解散立法會 立即實行雙真普選
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