Hong Kong protest continues, even though extradition bill is "dead"

The pro-Beijing leader besieged in Hong Kong said on Tuesday that an extradition bill, which sparked unprecedented political unrest, "is dead." Protesters rejected his remarks, threatening more and more mbad gatherings.

The international financial center is plunged into the worst crisis in recent history with a month of parades and violent sporadic clashes between police and protesters.

The rallies were triggered by a bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. But they turned into a larger movement calling for democratic reforms and stopping slippery freedoms on the semi-autonomous territory.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets while protesters ransacked Parliament – Beijing's authority facing its biggest challenge since Hong Kong's return to China in 1997.

On Tuesday, City Director General Carrie Lam acknowledged that her government's attempt to introduce the bill was a "complete failure", saying her government would not seek to reactivate it in Parliament.

"There is no such plan.The bill is dead," Lam said.

But once, she refused to yield to demands to completely remove the bill from the legislative agenda, provoking an outcry from the anti-government camp.

Lam's remarks about the bill are another "ridiculous lie," tweeted Joshua Wong, a leading democracy activist, recently released from prison for his role in the 2014 protests.

"The bill still exists in the" legislative agenda "until July of next year."

The Civil Rights Rights Front – which has organized some of the mbad rallies – announced that it would announce new protests over the next few days.