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What I wrote is not an allegation. It is a fact as there is currently no extradition from HK to Macau/mainland China/Taiwan. The whole bill was brought forward

What I wrote is not an allegation. It is a fact as there is currently no extradition from HK to Macau/mainland China/Taiwan. The whole bill was brought forward because of a HK resident accused of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan and who fled back to HK. You can say that this was a pretext to bring the bill forward but it still highlights a real issue. The Taiwanese government is being cynical here. It's also difficult to see how this bill would "subjugate" HK if passed. I do agree that the HK courts would need to be very thorough in considering extradition requests from the mainland and that their independence should be preserved. > Ironically, in failing, it has shown Xi’s limited power Or perhaps people are assuming that "one country, two systems" is a sham when it actually isn't.

ori_b 7y ago
They've had extradition for more than 100 years. http://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2937 http://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2937
- NotPaidToPost 7y ago
  Cancel the protests, you're 100 years too late... Or are you?
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JumpCrisscross 7y ago
> The whole bill was brought forward because of a HK resident accused of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan and who fled back to HK Germany broadly prohibits the extradition of its citizens [1]. (As does China [2].) This doesn’t turn Germans and Chinese into lawless actors outside their borders. It just means their international crimes tend to be domestically prosecuted. There are many ways to solve the problem of cross-border crime. Extradition is one of them. It works when you have two jurisdictions with rule of law. It is a bad solution between Hong Kong and China. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Own_citizens https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Own_citizens [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China

ori_b 7y ago

They've had extradition for more than 100 years. http://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2937 http://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2937

NotPaidToPost 7y ago
Cancel the protests, you're 100 years too late... Or are you?
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JumpCrisscross 7y ago

> The whole bill was brought forward because of a HK resident accused of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan and who fled back to HK Germany broadly prohibits the extradition of its citizens [1]. (As does China [2].) This doesn’t turn Germans and Chinese into lawless actors outside their borders. It just means their international crimes tend to be domestically prosecuted. There are many ways to solve the problem of cross-border crime. Extradition is one of them. It works when you have two jurisdictions with rule of law. It is a bad solution between Hong Kong and China. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Own_citizens https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Own_citizens [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China