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Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam’s Speech Stopped By Chaos From Assailants, Lawmakers

Audrey Conklin  Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to abandon a speech Wednesday that was interrupted by chaos from an attack against a protest organizer and shouting from lawmakers, the Associated Press reported. About five assailants attacked Hong Kong protest leader Jimmy Sham with hammers while he was on his way to a meeting, according to AP citing…

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Hong Kong Withdraws Extradition Bill That Ignited Summer-Long Protests

Audrey Conklin Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the implementation of an extradition bill that ignited a summer of peaceful and violent protests throughout the region. The bill would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be extradited and tried in mainland China, which many Hongkongers interpreted as an intrusionon the region’s independent government system. “The…