EU Lodges Protest With CE Over Fugitive Bill

The European Union Office in Hong Kong says it handed a formal diplomatic protest note to Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday over the SAR's proposed extradition law changes.

The EU Office in Hong Kong and Macau said in a brief statement in response to press enquiries that it had, together with diplomatic representatives from its member states, met Lam to “carry out a demarche reiterating their concerns regarding the government’s proposed amendments to Hong Kong’s Fugitive Offenders Ordinance”.

The 28-member European Union had already come out in recent months to express concern over the extradition bill.

This latest move represents a hardening of the EU position, just days after Lam reiterated that she wouldn’t scrap the bill.

The head of the EU office, Carmen Cano, wasn’t immediately available for comment. There was also no immediate comment from Lam’s office. (Reuters)