Unnamed sources told the outlet she had previously participated in anti-extradition-bill protests.

HONG KONG—Hong Kong will make concessions to a controversial extradition bill, Security Secretary John Lee said on May 30, but opposition lawmakers called for the legislation, which they fear will extend Beijing's reach into the city, to be scrapped.

The Hong Kong government first proposed the controversial extradition bill in February.

The Hong Kong government first proposed the controversial extradition bill in February.

HONG KONG—High school students gathered for a rally on Aug. 22 to protest the government's response to the extradition bill crisis and call for international support.

More than half a million people took to the streets of Hong Kong on July 1—the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule—to demand a controversial extradition bill be scrapped.

Those opposed to the bill argue that given the Chinese regime’s disregard for the rule of law, the amendments could allow Beijing to charge and extradite its critics with impunity.

Currently, Hong Kong maintains individual extradition treaties with countries including the United States. "The extradition bill could pose significant risks to U.S. national security and economic interests in the territory," the U.S.

The Hong Kong government first proposed the controversial extradition bill in February.

HKT Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam made no mention of any withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill during a press conference that ended around 5 p.m. local time in Hong Kong on June 18.

About 2 million Hong Kongers parade on June 16 to ask Carrie Lam government to withdraw the extradition bill.

After debate of the government's controversial extradition bill was suspended by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam in a press conference on June 15, many are voicing how Lam failed to address the concerns shared by many Hong Kongers over the legislation.

HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities were shutting government offices in the city's financial district for the rest of the week after a day of violence over an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

Chow said that if the amendments to the extradition laws were passed, it would create “terror” in Hong Kong. Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in protest against the proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 9, 2019.

Drawing lessons from the Umbrella movement in 2014 that called for democratic elections, the extradition bill protests have become decentralized and “leaderless,” Ho said.

The Hong Kong government, headed by Carrie Lam, used Chan’s case to push for the controversial extradition bill that has sparked mass protests since June.

After Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced on Sept. 4 that the government would formally withdraw an extradition bill that has ignited the city's largest-ever protest movement, protesters and pro-democracy activists alike said they would continue to

— Jeffie Lam (@jeffielam) July 9, 2019 The extradition bill would allow any country, including mainland China, to seek the extradition of suspects.

The march is themed around a different issue every year; this year, protesters called for the extradition bill to be scrapped.

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE—Some foreign wealth managers are scrapping plans to open offices in Hong Kong in favor of Singapore, as the rich begin to move funds from the Chinese territory where a new extradition bill has stoked public unrest, people familiar

The date has since been considered the start of the current protests in Hong Kong for the government to fully withdraw the extradition bill.

The debate into the controversial extradition bill in the Legislative Council has been suspended following Lam’s announcement on June 15.

China urgently summoned a senior U.S. envoy in Beijing in a formal protest after several U.S. lawmakers condemned Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill.

The bill will grant Hong Kong’s chief executive, the city’s head of government, the power to approve extraditing a suspect to mainland China, without the need for approval from the legislature.

But since April, there have been insider sources within Beijing who claimed that the extradition bill was a direct request from the Chinese central government to Hong Kong.

Currently, extradition is decided with the approval of the LegCo. The bill would allow any suspect charged by Chinese authorities to be sent to mainland China, as long as the city’s leader, the chief executive, signs off on the extradition request.

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The bill has already drawn opposition from all spheres of society, from ordinary citizens to the business community, who worry that given the Chinese regime’s disregard for the rule of law, the changes could allow Beijing to charge and extradite its critics

The proposed extradition bill has sparked widespread fear and anxiety given China’s disregard for the rule of law.

The bill, if passed, would allow mainland China to seek extradition of any individual from Hong Kong, which Hongkongers worry would allow Beijing to punish its critics with impunity.