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The extradition bill is being scrapped! The Hong Kong protesters did it!

Serious?

Hong Kong: Lam withdraws extradition bill that sparked months-long protests

Embattled chief executive makes announcement on Wednesday after meeting allies

the Guardian

Serious. The protests brought Hong Kong to the brink of a recession so that’s likely why Lam conceded.

Mod TZ

The chief executive did not concede to protesters’ other demands, which include an independent inquiry into police behaviour, amnesty to those arrested, and democratic reforms to give Hong Kong residents universal suffrage.

From the same link as above. They had five demands. One was conceded. Three are listed above. The fifth was the resignation of Carrie Lam. 

Four people are dead. Thousands more were injured. You can see their pictures and videos. At least one woman was permanently blinded. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Hong Kong residents have a criminal record now because of their involvement in these protests. 

I’m glad the protesters got something. This was a hard won concession that involved a lot of sacrifice on the part of the protesters. 

More articles: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/asia/hong-kong-carrie-lam-extradition-bill-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hong-kong-leader-expected-to-fully-withdraw-extradition-bill-a-demand-of-protesters/2019/09/04/b3ca1dec-cee0-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html?noredirect=on

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/09/739783959/controversial-extradition-bill-is-dead-hong-kong-leader-lam-says (NPR segment with written transcript)