China believes that more than 300 fugitives from the mainland are lying low in Hong Kong
is like trusting pigs can climb trees!” read one of the many sardonic placards held by protesters. Despite a chilly drizzle, thousands of Hong Kongers rallied at the headquarters of the territory’s government on March 31st. Many chanted slogans denouncing Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive. Pro-democracy activists delivered rousing speeches. A little farther out, a gaggle of masked demonstrators waved banners calling for Hong Kong’s independence.
, a former senior Chinese police official recently told the territory’s public broadcaster,. Most are suspected of economic crimes such as corruption. But some Hong Kongers worry that Hong Kong’s government, which often bows to the Communist Party’s demands, might use the bill to turn over dissidents and other political troublemakers at the central government’s request. Unlike Hong Kong, the mainland offers the right to a fair trial only in name. The bill does not cover political crimes.
Perhaps to avoid focusing on potentially controversial extraditions to the mainland, Hong Kong’s government justifies the legal change in a roundabout way. In February last year a Hong Konger fled back to the territory after allegedly murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan. Officials in Taiwan want Hong Kong to hand him over. But Hong Kong says it is prevented from doing so by the law’s inapplicability to other parts of China.
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