An anti-government protester was carried away on a stretcher after sustaining injuries during an arrest by Hong Kong police, Tuesday, September 3. –––––––––
READ MORE: Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam says the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that that sparked three months of growing and often violent pro-democracy protests.
In a videotaped message released Wednesday by her office, Lam said she was withrawing the bill, which would have would have permitted criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial in courts controlled by the ruling Communist Party, "to fully allay public concerns."
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