Carrie Lam speaks in the television message on Wednesday announcing that the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill and set up an IPCC inquiry into police actions during the protests. Photo: AP
Carrie Lam speaks in the television message on Wednesday announcing that the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill and set up an IPCC inquiry into police actions during the protests. Photo: AP
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Independence key to panel probing police handling of protests

  • Beefed-up IPCC inquiry must receive cooperation from all sides, be seen as transparent and spare no effort to build public confidence in fact finding

SCMP Editorial
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Updated: 11:37pm, 5 Sep, 2019

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Carrie Lam speaks in the television message on Wednesday announcing that the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill and set up an IPCC inquiry into police actions during the protests. Photo: AP
Carrie Lam speaks in the television message on Wednesday announcing that the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill and set up an IPCC inquiry into police actions during the protests. Photo: AP
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