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Sunday, June 16, 2019, 16:23
US told to get hands off HK's bill amendment and youth
By Chen Zimo
Sunday, June 16, 2019, 16:23 By Chen Zimo

Local groups stage a protest outside the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau on June 16, 2019 against the United States' intervention in affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (PARKER ZHENG/ CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s parents took to the street on Sunday, urging the US government to keep their hands off the extradition law amendments in Hong Kong and not to interfere in Hong Kong's internal affairs. 

The protest was held by several Hong Kong social groups, which condemned the foreign forces for misleading the youngsters in the city. 

An alliance of more than 30 local political, business and legal dignitaries in support of the proposed amendments to the city’s extradition law marched outside the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau, calling on the US to stop interfering in Hong Kong's affairs. Also joining the protest were the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and Association for Family Reunions.  

The foreign forces, colluding with some anti-rendition members of the Hong Kong opposition camp, incited the city’s young people to participate in unlawful assembly, which turned into violent clashes and riot, said a Hong Kong deputy to the National People’s Congress

It is despicable that the US officials had frequently intervened in the issue of amending the extradition law, said Stanley Ng Chau-pei, member of the alliance. 

The foreign forces, colluding with some anti-rendition members of the Hong Kong opposition camp, also incited the city’s young people to participate in unlawful assembly, which turned into violent clashes and riot, said Ng, also a Hong Kong deputy to the National People’s Congress. 

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Ng said parents in the city felt obliged to protect young people from being “taken hostage” by politics and drawn into violence that could offend the law and ruin their future. 

Keung Suk-man, one of the parents among the protestors, denounced the opposition camp, for they had called for a strike by schools and teachers to oppose the amendment bill. Such blatant incitement went against the school's principle of protecting students and training them to think independently, she added. 

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Saturday announced the suspension of the proposed amendments to the city’s extradition laws, three days after a protest-turned-riot against the amendment bill brought the city’s main administrative and business areas to a virtual standstill. 

Following Lam’s announcement, the central government voiced support for HKSAR government’s decision, meanwhile condemned foreign forces’ interference. 

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang emphasized on Saturday that Hong Kong is part of China, and its affairs are purely China's internal affairs that brook no interference from any country, organization or individual. 

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Ng expressed regrets for suspending the proposed amendments as the legal vacuum would only be filled by amending the law. 

But Ng said he understood the government’s decision and hoped that the legislation would make progress after Hong Kong society restored calm.


mollychen@chinadailyhk.com


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