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Hong Kong government stays invisible to avoid more extradition bill chaos ahead of G20 summit

  • City’s leader Carrie Lam cancels weekly cabinet meeting to avoid rocking boat
  • Protesters again block main entrance at Revenue Tower but mostly succeed in annoying taxpayers and civil servants

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Protesters again stormed the Revenue Tower in Wan Chai and demanded that the extradition bill be withdrawn. Photo: Felix Wong
Jeffie Lam,Gary CheungandAlvin Lum
Hong Kong’s embattled government is lying low again this week to avoid rocking the boat in the face of continuing opposition to the now-suspended extradition bill, with the city’s leader cancelling Tuesday’s weekly cabinet meeting.

No explanation was given on Monday for the cancellation, while young protesters barged into government buildings again, attempting to disrupt public services and pile pressure on the administration to completely withdraw the unpopular bill.

Dozens of protesters blocked the main entrance of Revenue Tower in Wan Chai during the day, but moved on after succeeding mostly in annoying taxpayers and civil servants who complained about the disruption.

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Other opponents of the bill were planning to take their case to an international audience at the G20 summit in Osaka this weekend, even as Beijing warned it would not allow any official discussion on the controversy there.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was nowhere to be seen again, remaining silent amid snowballing demands and advice that she drop plans to prosecute the arrested protesters and order an independent inquiry into the use of force by police during the violent June 12 clashes outside the legislature.

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