In the latest wave of protests in the Chinese-controlled city by the government, several hundred people held a rally in Hong Kong on Friday after the expiry of deadline for the deadline to end the controversial extradition bill.
Protestors, mostly students were wearing black clothes, gathered peacefully out of the legislature to oust their anger and frustration to promote Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, and then after mass protests, Bill Postponed.
The bill will be able to extradite suspected criminals to the mainland to face trial in the courts controlled by the Communist Party.
High school student Chan Pak-lam said, "We want to fight for our independence, 17, one of the people gathered at a temperature of around 30 degree Celsius (86 ° F) outside the headquarters, in anticipation of Friday Temporarily closed. Protests
"We want the law to be withdrawn, not suspended. I will be here till 10 o'clock tonight. Maybe. If the government did not answer, we would come again. "
Since it had returned to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong has been governed under the "one country, two systems" formula, which allows freedom in mainland China, in which a very independent independent judiciary also includes.
But many residents are afraid of catching the beijing on the city and whatever is visible in the form of erosion of civil liberties.
Showing billions of bill protests, millions of people landed on the streets this month.
Concerns have spread to democratic and human rights groups, secondary school students, church groups and media lobbies as well as corporate lawyers and supportive establishment business figures, some generally oppose government's opposition.
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