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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers seek last-minute adjustment to extradition bill to ensure Taiwan murder suspect faces justice
- New proposal seeks a sunset clause that would allow extradition to Taiwan for a limited of time
- Legislative Council holds first meeting on proposed law on Wednesday
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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy bloc has urged the government to take a “practical and feasible” approach to the controversial extradition bill by inserting a sunset clause to make sure the very murder suspect who triggered the bill would be handed over to face justice.
The proposal on Tuesday was made a day before the Legislative Council convenes its first meeting on the proposed law, which would allow the transfer of fugitives to places where Hong Kong lacks an extradition deal, including mainland China, Macau and Taiwan.
“The pan-democrats have shown their true intentions in tackling the [murder] case,” said Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu, leader of the Civic Party.
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“The government and the pro-establishment camp should support this proposal if they indeed want to see justice for the victim.”
But Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and her allies have also cited the highly publicised homicide that is their argument for the amendment. They said the new extradition bill was meant to fix the legal loophole the gruesome case had exposed.
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