Extraditions to China possible under new security law in Hong Kong

The threat of extradition to China's party-controlled courts ignited last year's explosive pro-democracy protests. FMTNews

Protesters holding banners in a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong against the new law on June 12.

The semi-autonomous business hub has been convulsed by a year of huge and often violent rallies that began with an eventually aborted criminal extradition bill but morphed into a popular call for democracy and police accountability. Tam’s comments come after Deng Zhonghua, the deputy of China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, said Monday that Beijing will have jurisdiction over some “extremely rare” national security cases once the law is passed.

So far Chinese state media reports have not listed Hong Kong as part of the agenda but Beijing has said it wants the law passed quickly.

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