Hong Kong activists have raised more than HK$5 million ($640,500) in a crowdfund...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong activists have raised more than HK$5 million in a crowdfunding campaign to take out newspaper ads in a bid to get a controversial extradition bill on the agenda at the G20 summit.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam suspended the bill in a dramatic climbdown, saying she had heard the protesters “loud and clear”, but the activists are demanding the bill be scrapped altogether. G20 leaders meet in the Japanese city of Osaka this week. The Hong Kong protesters plan another demonstration on Wednesday to raise awareness among world leaders ahead of the summit.
But many accuse China of increased meddling over the years, obstructing democratic reforms, interfering with elections and of being behind the disappearance of five Hong Kong-based booksellers who specialized in works critical of Chinese leaders. Any money left over from the ad campaign would go toward funding of activists arrested during the protests, the group said.
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