More protests planned in Hong Kong over extradition bill leader says is 'dead'

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Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill that sparked unprecedented political unrest ‘is dead’ according to its pro-Beijing leader.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the controversial extradition bill was a ‘complete failure’ and is now ‘dead’

But she said at a news conference the bill had been a ‘complete failure’ adding ‘I reiterate here, there is no such plan. The bill is dead.’Police charge protesters in the Mong Kok district after attending a rally at West Kowloon railway station protesting against the proposed extradition bill on July 7, 2019

Hong Kong has been rocked over the last few weeks by a series of protests against the extradition bill. They said they wanted to carry a peaceful protest message to people on the mainland, where state-run media have not covered the protests widely but have focused instead on clashes with police and property damage.

 

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