Extradition bill proposed by Hong Kong government

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Extradition bill proposed by Hong Kong government
gptkbp:introduced Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Fugitive_Offenders_and_Mutual_Legal_Assistance_in_Criminal_Matters_Legislation_(Amendment)_Bill_2019
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:business
gptkb:lawyer
foreign governments
pro-democracy activists
fear of extradition to mainland China
potential for political persecution
concerns over legal rights and judicial independence
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Hong_Kong_government
gptkbp:purpose to allow extradition of fugitives to jurisdictions with which Hong Kong has no formal extradition agreement
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:One_Country,_Two_Systems
Hong Kong Basic Law
Taiwanese murder case (Chan Tong-kai case)
gptkbp:response international criticism
mass protests
withdrawal of the bill
gptkbp:status withdrawn
gptkbp:targetedJurisdictions gptkb:Macau
gptkb:Taiwan
gptkb:Mainland_China
gptkbp:triggeredBy gptkb:2019–2020_Hong_Kong_protests
gptkbp:withdrawn 23 October 2019
gptkbp:yearProposed 2019
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anti-Extradition_Law_Amendment_Bill_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7