Hong Kong's Lam Defends Extradition Law After Thousands Protest
- Legislation needed to ‘plug the loopholes,’ government says
- Opponents staged one of largest demonstrations since 2014
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Hong Kong’s leader said she would press ahead with legislation to end a ban on extraditions to mainland China, despite opponents staging one of the largest mass protests since the 2014 Occupy movement.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday reaffirmed her plan to pass by the end of the legislative session in July a bill allowing one-time transfers of criminal suspects between the former British colony and other jurisdictions. The government said in an earlier statement that the legislation was necessary “to plug the loopholes” preventing extraditions to places such as mainland China, Macau and Taiwan.