Breaking: Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam is set to meet a key demand of the Hong Kong protesters by formally withdrawing a controversial extradition bill, the South China Morning Post has reported
Chief executive Carrie Lam is set to meet a key demand of the Hong Kong protesters by formally withdrawing a controversial extradition bill, theThe Hong Kong newspaper said Lam would make the announcement after meeting with pro Beijing politicians at 4pm Hong Kong time .
Carrie Lam is set to confirm her government will drop a controversial extradition bill, one of the key demands of Hong protesters.The move comes after 13 weeks of increasingly violent protests where petrol bombs were thrown during clashes with police and a weekend where the airport was disrupted for a second time.
Despite a police ban on protests on Saturday tens of thousands of people including families and the elderly had marched during the day signing religious hymns. University students went on strike on Monday and riot police made sweeps of trains stations on Tuesday looking for protesters.
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