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handle is hein.crs/govbazu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ~.Research Service Hong Kong Chief Executive Lam to Withdraw Extradition Bill; Protests Continue September 10, 2019 Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced on September 4, 2019, that she will formally withdraw the controversial extradition bill that touched off three months of large-scale protests across the city. While acknowledging Lam's concession, various groups that support the ongoing protests have stated they intend to continue to organize demonstrations until Lam and the Hong Kong government comply with the protesters' five demands in full (see text box). On September 8, 2019, tens of thousands of people gathered outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong urging the U.S. Congress to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (H.R. 3289, S. 1838). (See Figure 1.) The Protesters' Five Demands I. Formally withdraw the extradition legislation. 2. Drop all charges against arrested protesters. 3. Retract the proclamation that protests were riots. 4. Establish an independent investigation into police brutality. 5. Implement the election of the Chief Executive and all Legco members by universal suffrage. The Hong Kong Extradition Bill and Protests On April 3, 2019, Lam submitted to Hong Kong's Legislative Council (Legco) proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance (FOO) that would permit (among other things) extradition of alleged criminals from Hong Kong to mainland China (see CRS In Focus IF 11248, Hong Kong's Proposed Extradition Law Amendments). Large-scale demonstrations on June 9 and 12 led Chief Executive Lam to announce on June 15 the suspension of consideration of the bill. On June 16, protesters gathered in even larger numbers, calling for formal withdrawal of the bill. Since then, large-scale, largely peaceful protests, as well as sometimes violent confrontations between the Hong Kong police and more militant protesters, have occurred in various parts of Hong Kong every week. The protesters see the proposed amendments as part of the continuing erosion of the high degree of Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11165 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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