Hong Kong pushes forward with extradition bill despite massive protests

Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, made clear on Monday that she would move forward with a controversial law allowing extradition to mainland China even after an estimated one million people protested over the weekend. “I have not received any instruction or mandate from Beijing to do this bill,” she told reporters. “We were doing it – and we are still doing it – out of clear conscience, and our commitment to Hong Kong.” “Hong Kong has to mov