Warning of more protests to come against Hong Kong government’s controversial extradition bill
- Organising group says it expects 300,000 people at Sunday’s demonstration, and asks marchers to turn up in white
- Local lawyers also expected to march against the legal amendments, on Thursday
An upcoming major protest against the government’s extradition bill may not be the last before legislators decide the proposal’s fate, the organiser has warned.
The Civil Human Rights Front, a platform for 50 pro-democracy groups, revealed its plan on Wednesday, as it urged protesters to dress in white and be prepared for a long march on Sunday from Victoria Park, Causeway Bay to the Legislative Council in Admiralty, which it estimates 300,000 people will attend.
But the group said it did not plan to take any radical action at the event, where it will deploy more than 100 volunteers to maintain order.
The controversial bill, if passed, would allow the transfer of fugitives to jurisdictions Hong Kong lacks an extradition deal with, including mainland China and Taiwan.
Officials say the bill is needed to plug legal loopholes and allow the transfer of a Hongkonger wanted over the killing of his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan. But critics say the proposal would be used to extradite Hong Kong dissidents to the mainland, where they say a fair trial is not guaranteed.