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Hundreds protest in Vancouver against Hong Kong extradition plans

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Hundreds of people protested outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver on Sunday against controversial plans to allow extraditions from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland.…
Hundreds of people protested outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver on Sunday against controversial plans to allow extraditions from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland.
“This amendment will affect millions of people, not just Hong Kong people — people around the world,” Mabel Tung, the protest organizer and chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement, told AFP.
Tung, who immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong 40 years ago and has advocated against human rights violations in China, is concerned that activists like her would face the risk of extradition when transiting through Hong Kong if the bill passes.

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