Hong Kong braces for new mass protests against planned extraditions to China


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Jun 2019

Pro-democracy legislator Claudia Mo and protest organiser Jimmy Sham demonstrate outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, China June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong braced for strikes, transport go-slows and another mass demonstration in protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow people to be sent to China for trial, as the Chinese-ruled city's leader vowed defiance.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she would push ahead with the bill despite deep concerns across vast swaths of the Asian financial hub that triggered its biggest political demonstration since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.

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