June 9 marks the fourth anniversary of Hong Kong’s “anti-extradition movement.” Hong Kong, which for a long time being famed as an international metropolis, has changed beyond recognition four years on. Analyst believes that although the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) all-round suppression has silenced Hong Kong, Hong Kong people have a historical heritage of pursuing freedom and will not yield or give up. They are still fighting hard around the world.
4 Years Post Anti-Extradition, Hong Kong Has Changed Beyond Recognition
On June 9, 2019, Hong Kong held its first million-person rally in the “anti-extradition” movement. Soon after that, Hong Kong citizens launched waves of large-scale “anti-extradition” demonstrations, but they were all dispersed and suppressed by the Hong Kong police.The curtain raiser of the “anti-extradition” movement was in February 2019, when the Hong Kong government proposed the “Amendment Bill to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance,” allowing Hong Kong criminal suspects to be extradited to the mainland for trial. This move triggered protests by Hong Kong people, which later escalated to five major demands, including the withdrawal of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, withdrawal of the “riot” name tag, withdrawal of the charges against the demonstrators, prosecution of the police for abuse of power, and the resignation of Carrie Lam Yuet-ngor. But they were all rejected by the Hong Kong government.
