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Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader says she has no plans to scrap a controversial plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a day after huge crowds came out to oppose the proposal. SOUNDBITE
Hong Kong, June 13 (EFE/EPA).-Several rallies were held Friday night amid heavy police deployment in Hong Kong to mark the? first anniversary of the anti-extradition movement. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).FOOTAGE SHOT ON JUNE 12, 2020 SHOWS THE PROTEST MARKING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ANTI-EXTRADITION BILL MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam announces that a widely loathed proposal to allow extradititions to the Chinese mainland "is dead" -- but she again stopped short of protester demands to immediately withdraw the bill. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of protesters block main arteries in central Hong Kong in a show of strength against the government over a divisive plan to allow extraditions to China. IMAGES
Cramped streets around Hong Kong's skyscrapers are teeming with massive crowds of demonstrators, angry over plans to allow extradition to China. It's a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the city's pro-Beijing leadership in years. IMAGES
Seoul, Jun 1 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean activists on Monday held a protest in Seoul to show support for Hong Kong demonstrators protesting against the National Security bill introduced by BeijingThe controversial new security law, passed by lawmakers at China’s annual congress last week, would also take aim at any “foreign interference” in Hong Kong.The Hong Kong government supports the initiative and Beijing has warned that any US action would be met with reprisals.SHOTLIST: A PROTEST BY SOUTH KOREANS IN SEOUL TO SUPPORT THE PROTEST IN HONG KONG AGAINST CHINA'S NATIONAL SECURITY BILL.