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Demonstrations against the bill began in Mar and Apr but
escalated in Jun Hundreds of thousands of people marched in protests of the
bill on 9 Jun Protests on 12 Jun the day the bill was scheduled to a second
reading in the Legislative Council marked a sharp escalation in violence Chief
Executive Carrie Lam suspended the extradition bill on 15 Jun saying it was
"dead" on 9 Jul but stopped short of a full withdrawal Protests
continued through the summer escalating into increasingly violent confrontations
—including the 22 Jul Yuen Long attack — between police activists pro-Beijing
triad members and local residents in over 20 different neighbourhoods As
demonstrations continue protestors are calling for an independent inquiry on
police brutality the release of arrested protesters a retraction of the
official characterisation of the protests as "riots" and direct
elections to choose Legislative Council members and the Chief Executivecompetition wizard
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