Here on bbc news. Hong kongs suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to Mainland China. The proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. The government had previously argued that the extradition bill would plug the loopholes so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. But critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to chinas unfair justice system. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam said the priority now was to restore peace and order. After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Restart our communication with all sectors of society. Do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. I want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heat i want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heed comprehensively differ
Turning point in this stand off. The Hong Kong Government has been forced to concede that its controversial extradition bill has prompted ill will and division. And the announcement came that it would be shelved, at least for the time being. I now announced that the government has decided to disband to suspend the legislative amendment. We start communication with all sectors of society, do more exploration work and listen to different views. A vast array of opposition groups means the extradition bill means facing mainline chinese courts controlled by the communist party, which cant guarantee a fair trial, and they say carrie lam ultimately still it introduced. Translation hong kong people wont be cheated by the temporary suspension and carrie lams comments only make us more angry. The city enjoys freedoms guaranteed when the former british colony was handed back to china for the up the key pa rt back to china for the up the key part of that is having an independent judiciary, part of
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With migrants on the border with turkey they say theyve already stopped almost ten thousand from entering. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are bonnie greer, whos a columnist for the new european and byline times, and mo hussein, the former conservative special adviser to amber rudd when she was home secretary. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Like most, the metro focusses on coronavirus, saying the government expects the spread of the infection to continue. No telegraph tonight for some reason, they are usually very quick off the mark. The times says the government is preparing for drastic measures after cases jumped by a third in one day. The mail says Health Officials are searching for those who are carrying the virus without knowing it. The possibility of cities being locked down if things escalate, is the angle taken by the express. The guardian reports on fears that the virus is spreading in britain unde