Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam: I never handed over a fugitive to mainland China against US wishes
City leader’s office rebuts allegation in State Department report that she rejected its extradition request ‘at the behest’ of the central government last October
The report did not give details of the case, but stated that a detainee was released into “central government custody” on the basis that Beijing was “pursuing a separate criminal action”.
“This was the first such instance since 1997,” it said of the refusal. “The central government has provided no information as to the disposition of its own case against the individual.”
“Currently, there is no surrender of fugitive offenders arrangement between [Hong Kong] and the mainland,” her office said. “Therefore, no surrender of a fugitive has ever been made to the mainland. The [Hong Kong] government deals with any movement of persons in and out of Hong Kong in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong.”