HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s legislature has withdrawn planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move is unlikely to end months of unrest as it meets just one of five demands of the protesters.
The rallying cry of the protesters, who have trashed public buildings in the Chinese-ruled city, set street fires and thrown petrol bombs at police, has been “five demands, not one less”, meaning that the withdrawal of the Bill yesterday makes no difference.
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