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Former Executive Council member Anna Wu urges Hong Kong government to slow down on fugitive bill and implement one-time deal with Taiwan on Chan Tong-kai murder case
- Anna Wu says: ‘Some of the problems are fixable and we do need a calm and rational atmosphere to debate this’
- She urges the government to take ‘small bites’ out of legal conundrum
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A former executive councillor has urged Hong Kong to slow down on its controversial extradition bill and instead implement a one-time deal with Taiwan to resolve a high-profile murder case.
Competition Commission chairwoman Anna Wu Hung-yuk, speaking at her personal capacity, said the fierce debate over the amendment does not have to be in a make-or-break situation for the city.
She said more time and further public consultation were needed so that all sides could cool down and to search for practical solutions. Wu was a member of the Executive Council from 2009 to 2017.
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“I do hope we don’t rush through the bill because that will get us into a lot of major controversies down the road,” said Wu in an interview with the Post.
“Some of the problems are fixable and we do need a calm and rational atmosphere to debate this.”
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The city’s officials are pushing for the contentious amendment that would allow criminal suspects to be transferred to places with which the city does not have an extradition deal, including Taiwan and mainland China.
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