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Nearly 2 Million Hong Kong Protesters Demand Carrie Lam's Resignation
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June 16, 2019
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26:40Now PlayingPro-democracy activists helping to drive mass protests in Hong Kong over a proposed extradition law have rejected an apology issued by the city’s leader. #HongKongProtest #香港 #反送中
Leaders of the Civil Human Rights Front said Sunday that they estimated almost 2 million people had marched to demand Chief Executive Carrie Lam scrap the legislation and resign. Police have not issued an estimate of the crowd size.
Many remained gathered outside the city government’s headquarters after the march, apparently planning to spend the night there.
It was the second straight Sunday of demonstrations by Hong Kong residents worried over China’s expanding influence in the former British colony.
The activists said the written apology Lam issued late Sunday showed she was not listening to the voices of the people.
Hong Kong’s China-backed government has apologized over the handling of politically charged legislation that sparked massive street protests over the past week.
A statement Sunday credited to an unidentified government spokesman said that unspecified “deficiencies in the government’s work had led to substantial controversies and disputes in society, causing disappointment and grief among the people.”
It said Chief Executive Carrie Lam “apologized to the people of Hong Kong for this and pledged to adopt a most sincere and humble attitude to accept criticisms and make improvements in serving the public.”
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers jammed the city’s streets Sunday in a vehement show of opposition to the legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.
Thousands of people have gathered outside Taiwan’s parliament in solidarity with Hong Kong protesters who are marching against a proposed extradition bill.
The crowd of Hong Kong students and Taiwanese supporters held a peaceful sit-in in Taipei, the capital of the independently governed island that China claims as its territory.
The group that rallied Sunday said the legislation In Hong Kong also posed a risk to Taiwan.
Hong Kong’s leader on Saturday suspended the bill, which would allow some suspects to be sent to mainland China for trials.
Opponents see it as way Beijing is interfering with freedoms promised to Hong Kong when it took control of the former British colony in 1997.
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