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LAST UPDATE | 9 Jun 2019
LARGE PROTESTS HAVE taken place in Hong Kong over a proposal to allow extradition to China, leading to police clashes with protesters as they tried to clear demonstrators from the city’s parliament.
In what has been described as the biggest public backlash against the city’s pro-Beijing leadership in years, over a million people marched through the streets of the financial hub’s main island calling on the government to scrap its planned extradition law.
The city’s leaders are pushing a bill through the legislature that would allow extraditions to any jurisdiction with which it does not already have a treaty – including mainland China for the first time.
Critics fear the law would entangle people in China’s court system, which they say is poltiticised not impartial, and say the government is using the Taiwan case as a Trojan Horse.
Many protesters said they no longer trust the Hong Kong government to stick to its commitments that Beijing critics would not one day end up getting sent to the mainland.
Violent clashes
Protesters hurled bottles and used metal barricades as police moved in on a small group who had vowed to stay outside the legislature overnight, an AFP reporter on the scene said.
At least one police officer could be seen with blood streaming down his face.
The melees began shortly after midnight following a day that had seen a huge peaceful protest make its way through the city without incident.
Organisers said more than a million people marched in blazing summer heat through the cramped streets of the financial hub’s main island on Sunday in a noisy, colourful demonstration calling on the government to scrap its planned extradition law.
Small groups of young protesters had planned to stay outside the city’s legislature until Wednesday when the extradition bill is due to have its second reading.
But police moved in on them after their permission to protest expired at midnight local time.
Within minutes scenes of chaos unfolded as protesters fought with officers who were soon backed by riot police.
Live television images showed officers deploying pepper spray hoses to push the crowds back.
Momentum
In recent weeks lawyers have held sombre marches dressed in black, anonymous senior judges have given critical media interviews and the city’s two main legal groups – the Law Society and the Bar Association – have urged a rethink.
Online petitions have been gathered by various groups including students, nurses and horse racing fans.
Political leaders have said the law is needed to plug loopholes and stop the city being a bolthole for mainland fugitives. They say dissidents and critics will not be extradited and have urged quick passage of the bill in order to extradite a Hong Kong man who is wanted in Taiwan for murdering his girlfriend.
The city’s administration has already made some concessions, removing nine economic crimes from the list of extraditable offences. It also changed the proposal to state that only crimes that carry seven years or more in jail will be considered.
The proposed law has been fast-tracked through the city’s legislature which is dominated by pro-Beijing members for its second reading on Wednesday.
The government says it plans to have the law on the statute book by late July.
One man who attended the march, 26-year-old coffee shop owner Marco Ng said he had closed his store to protest.
“Our city matters more than our business,” he said. “If we don’t speak out, then there’s no way that the government will listen to our concerns.”
“The people’s voices are not being heard,” added 18-year-old student Ivan Wong. “This bill will not just affect Hong Kong’s reputation as an international finance centre, but also our judicial system. That has an impact on my future.”
- With reporting from AFP.
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Watching Gulliani’s head nearly explode was hilarious.
Man he didn’t like that at all lol
I love when Trump tells his joke about pardoning Hilary – directly after he looks as if he is about to put his baby finger into his mouth – ala Dr Evil.
Wonder was Denis O’Brien there. He’s a big fan of Hillary donating to her charitable fund. He cares so much about the poor as we know ourselves.
Yes Mr.Magoo, Denis O Brien is such a fan of Hillary that the journalists and presenters at Newstalk have debased themselves and their professions by continuously attacking and ridiculing Trump while ignoring the avalanche of verifiable wrongdoing by Hillary.
Really scary stuff but the brain washed masses seem to be falling for it. What I as a woman find particularly hard to swallow is Clintons hordes of female followers who think she is some kind of womens champion. She set herself up as a womens right/feminist type person and yet she stood behind a man who is a rapist and had numerous sexual liasons while he was PRESIDENT and then she throws dirt at Trump about allegations about groping 20 years ago.?? Totally weird. She also defended a child rapist and is on tape laughing about how she got him off but knew he did it ?? What the fck is wrong with people ?
Oh yeah it was really funny Old Knobby cos she should be in jail and she knows it
Jerry jerry jerry jerry
Maybe he ignores the multitude of allegations against Hillary because so many of them are clearly… *ahem* trumped up.
@mr magoo: at this stage and I am deadly serious – I think you may seriously need to ask yourself if you might need some counselling for your own mental health – you seem to have an unhealthy obsession with getting onto every Trump related thread and constantly making up stuff , constantly in denial with the realities ( such as your posts about how fantastic the polls are for Trump when all the evidence was showing the opposite) – then your propensity to spout endless conspiracy theories and hate speech about Clinton – it’s not a normal adult behaviour and conversation – you should definitely ask yourself if you think you may have some behavioural problems because I can tell from all your posting this past week there is definitely an underlying issue that you should face up to.
Stop stalking me weirdo.
@Dave Hammond: Too much time on the internet Dave.. That’s all that is wrong there.
Well you know, even with heavy editing, those conspiracy videos on YouTube are still rather long.
@mrmagoo so what style of tin foil hat do you like to wear?
Watched it live, thought HC was very, very funny, but DT was his usual caustic self. Just my opinion.
Couldn’t put your personal agenda aside could you lads, not even for one minute for the impoverished children….
I hope they went for the gold leaf trim flat-wear this year, $200 steak looks so cheap on plain china. You know because the children have suffered enough.
The night is appalling anyway, disgusting to see rich people pretend to care about the poor kids. In regards his comments, if you read it in context he raised the point of her comments about catholicism at a catholic themed party yet that isn’t relevant. Journal you are disgusting also
@Gone Feisin: well if the rich are being brought together for events you may as well raise 6 million dollars for the poor ffs do you have to be such a toole all the time
Well said Drew. Like they give a toss about impoverished children.
HRC was also booed when she mentioned Russia..but let’s pretend that didn’t happen…
All Irish media have decided that we the Irish people should believe that Trump is the Devil and Clinton is good. Have you not being informed of this yet ?
It’s funny how the evil Irish media has managed to brainwash most of us, but yet, somehow, the great and brilliant Magoo managed to not get brainwashed. How is that? How is it he managed to make up his own mind, but everybody else who disagrees with him didn’t? Could you be any more arrogant?
You have a thing for me Sean ?
Magoo thinks this is Breitbart where his tale of heroic defender Trump battling through the enchanted forest of paranoia and fear to defeat the evil fem- bot and triumph for the little guy would be believed.
The funny bit is he thinks he is making a difference. Like he is a campaigner for Trump. Hes is out here in the trenches fighting the good fight. Crazy auld hoor.
Ah old Knobby Johnson methinks you have more than one account ? Sean your personality then ? You get terribly upset by me. You don’t want anyone to break free from the sheep pen and think for themselves because it threatens your security. If you are so sure you are right and you are in the majority, and you are, what are you so worried about ?
Worried? Upset? You amuse me. Nothing more.
@mr magoo: He gets upset by me too mr. magoo. He called me racist the other day during a conversation about election fraud. He doesn’t like to offer his own opinions he just likes to verbally abuse those that do. It’s pathetic. I wouldn’t worry too much about him.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Were they not booing Russia when she mentioned Russia? In a pantomime villain kind of way.
Christ, why couldn’t the rest of the election campaign been like this?
When a presidential candidate, who rightly or wrongly has a reputation for lying and cheating, sets up a narrative days before the election, which demands from her opponent that he accept the outcome of the election, without question, without suspicion, without diligence; I’d be very suspicious. I’d want to check the counts. I’d look for fraud. I’d expect the worst behaviour from my opponent, especially if that is her reputation, win at all costs. But who is the bad guy, the prudent person. The one who has called you a cheat and a liar throughout the campaign, should never suspect you would raise the dead to vote, you would have placed dubious officials within the counting system. Someone who has sold themselves as the experienced politician would know nothing about political fraud! He is set up to be the anti-democracy, mean, wild haired, baddie; while she waits for the cash registers to clang, again.
@Paddy Scully: I’d get out more Paddy if i were you.
The billionaires love cheering for Clinton. That tells me Trump must be doing something right. Clinton is willing to start WW III to get in but when she wins she’ll be looking over her shoulder a lot more because of Donald Trump and thats one thing he has achieved. Crooked Hillary and her crooked foundation in the spotlight more than she might have liked
Looks like you’re on the losing side again paddy. When the 8th is repealed, that’ll make it a hattrick of loses for you.
@Paddy Scully: you need to get out more
Paddy, you are wrong on that! I live here and everyone is saying how trump is wrong on that!!
@ @ Sean I’d never worry about been on the winning or loosing side of any vote. I’m always just concerned with justice, the right to life, right vs wrong. There is only one judgement I care about, and loosing a few along the way, will place me in good shape for the last one. @ dublinlad And when has “everyone” ever been correct.
@Paddy Scully: And what do you do when you get to the pearly gates and there’s an 8 armed elephant looking at you??
@ Rob Cahill I’d say, St Peter!, I’m not sure about your new look.
It’s OK Rob as There will be nothing no gates no elephants, it’s lights out finished…..
@Wynnner: Oh I know that.. But some people cling to silly superstitions bcause reality is too scary for them.
I dunno paddy, all I see is you repeatedly failing your god. If he’s real, you’re in big trouble I reckon.
Eh, Trump introduced the rig narrative in every event he has ever taken part in that he did not have total control over the outcome
The sooner this joke of a campaign is over, the better
Did either of the two cast even a split second thought for why they were there and what the purpose behind the dinner was?! Neither possess a shred of empathy for the less well off. They are simply too far removed from it because the class divide is just so immense.
Christ we should all suffer like good little pilgrims, even when raising money for good causes. Why were they not self flagellating instead of eating dinner, and walking on broken glass in penance instead of making speeches? We need more moany, preachy, self righteous piety in the world, that’ll make it all go away….
They made 6m, what are you on about?
Did you not listen to the speech? Hillary spoke at length about the charitable work that this charity does.
Charity isn’t always done for charitable reasons gar. It would be nice to cut out the bs.
@Trisha Tully: What have you given??
This is the George bush press night from 2006. Its comedy gold.
“What was it’ 7 million Raised” Peanuts is all to these stinking high rollers..
OK, slightly off topic but how about this. It certainly puts Hillary’s claims about sources in a different light.
“l can tell you with 100% certainty that it is not any Russian state actor or proxy that gave DNC & Podesta material to WikiLeaks.” – former UK Ambassador Craig Murray @CraigMurrayorg (after visiting Julian Assange) “
Next they’ll be shagging each other on live TV.
@Daniel Fontaine: no next youll make a comment or a contribution that says something sensible btu I wont hold my breath
Has anyone even watched the speeches? Hillary’s speech was as drab a a damp sponge. Donald got boos because he won the room, was funny and can actually give a speech. Hillary never won the crowd to lose it and never got any boos because she never got enough cheers in order for people to be brave enough to actually boo.
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