Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pledges to formally withdraw extradition bill which sparked three months of protests

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Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced that she will formally withdraw a contentious extradition bill which has sparked 13 weeks of mass protests that have frequently turned violent.   The announcement on September 4, 2019, promises full withdrawal of the previously shelved bill that would have allowed for the transfer of suspects to stand trial in mainland China.    Critics of the bill had voiced concerns about whether China's legal system would guarantee suspects a fair…

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