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HONG KONG FREE PRESS IS A NON-PROFIT ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWS SOURCE SEEKING TO UNITE CRITICAL VOICES. FREE AND INDEPENDENT, HKFP LAUNCHED IN 2015 AMID RISING CONCERNS OVER DECLINING PRESS FREEDOM IN HONG KONG AND DURING AN IMPORTANT TIME IN THE CITY』S CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US AND ENSURE OUR INDEPENDENCE.
IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE CARRIE LAM HAS BEEN BEHAVING A LOT LIKE THANOS. OUR OWN SUPER VILLAIN IS HELLBENT ON PASSING AN AMENDMENT BILL BY THE END OF JUNE TO FORGE A NEW EXTRADITION ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MAINLAND CHINA. SHE JUSTIFIES HER GAME PLAN UNDER THE PRETEXT OF PLUGGING A LOOPHOLE IN CROSS-BORDER LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL TO SAVE HONG KONG FROM BECOMING A 「HAVEN FOR INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVES.」
『RECORD 3,000』 HONG KONG LAWYERS IN SILENT MARCH AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL EXTRADITION BILL
PRO-DEMOCRACY POLITICIANS CALL FOR HONGKONGERS TO JOIN THEIR MARCH AGAINST THE EXTRADITION BILL ON SUNDAY. PHOTO: SAM TSANG
TIM HAMLETT CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1980 TO WORK FOR THE HONG KONG STANDARD AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO, OR WORKED FOR, MOST OF HONG KONG"S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA OUTLETS, NOTABLY AS THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD"S AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATIVE TEAM, AS A COLUMNIST IN THE SCMP AND AS A PRESENTER OF RTHK"S MEDIAWATCH. IN 1988 HE BECAME A FULL-TIME JOURNALISM TEACHER. SINCE OFFICIALLY RETIRING NINE YEARS AGO, HE HAS CONCENTRATED ON MUSIC, DANCE, BLOGGING AND A VERY TIME-CONSUMING DOG.
HIGH COURT JUDGE GETS WARNING FROM HONG KONG』S CHIEF JUSTICE AFTER NAME APPEARS ON PETITION AGAINST EXTRADITION BILL
THOUSANDS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS OF HONG KONG TO OPPOSE A CONTROVERSIAL EXTRADITION BILL THAT WOULD ENABLE CHINA TO EXTRADITE FUGITIVES FROM THE CITY. CNN"S KRISTIE LU STOUT REPORTS.
IN WHAT COULD BE THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATION SINCE THE CITY"S HANDOVER TO CHINA IN 1997, ORGANIZERS CLAIM MORE THAN ONE MILLION PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF HONG KONG TO OPPOSE A CONTROVERSIAL EXTRADITION BILL THAT WOULD ENABLE CHINA TO EXTRADITE FUGITIVES FROM THE CITY.
WE"RE GOING TO START THE PROGRAM IN HONG KONG, WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FILLED THE STREETS TODAY TO PROTEST AN EXTRADITION BILL. THE BILL COMES AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST YEAR IN TAIWAN THEN RETURNED TO HONG KONG. THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT ASKED FOR HELP GETTING THE MAN BACK TO TAIWAN TO STAND TRIAL BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN. BUT OPPONENTS OF THE NEW BILL WORRY THAT IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR CHINA TO TARGET POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND SUBJECT RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG TO CHINA"S JUDICIAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
ATTENDANCE ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BEIJING』S CRACKDOWN HITS FOUR-YEAR HIGH WITH MANY HONGKONGERS TURNING OUT TO DENOUNCE EXTRADITION AMENDMENT
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN, WARNING OF THE IMPACT ON HONG KONG』S REPUTATION AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL HUB, AND NOTING THAT FOREIGNERS WANTED IN CHINA RISK GETTING ENSNARED IN HONG KONG.
「THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM, OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OUR RULE OF LAW, OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, AND ALSO OUR ECONOMIC FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WELCOME TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS,」 ACTIVIST LEE CHEUK-YAN, A FORMER HONG KONG LEGISLATOR, SAID SUNDAY. 「IF INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LOSE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG BECAUSE OF THIS EVIL BILL, THEN HONG KONG, ECONOMICALLY, WOULD ALSO BE DESTROYED.」
MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG OVER A PROPOSED LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW BEIJING TO TAKE PEOPLE FROM THE FORMER BRITISH COLONY TO STAND TRIAL IN MAINLAND CHINA. PHOTO: AP IMAGES

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