අපේ ගොන් හැත්ත හොරු ඵළවලා සුපිරිසිදු අාණ්ඩුවක් පත් කරගෙන උන් බැංකු හොරා කාල වුන පොරොන්දු නොකර ඉන්න කොට ඒ අාණ්ඩුවම ඕන කියල උද්ඝෝෂණ කරන කොට මේ රටවල් වල මිනිස්සු ප්රශ්ණයක් අාවහම ලක්ෂ ගණන් පාරට බැහැල ඵකමුතු වෙලා අාණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව උද්ඝෝෂණය කරනවා.අපේ ගොන් හැත්ත දන්නෙ කන දේ කාල වෙන දේ බලන් ඉන්න විතරයි.ඒකනේ මේ රට මේ තරම් දියුණු.බයියො ටොයියො ජෙප්පො මේව බලලවත් හැදියල්ල.වැරැද්ද කවුරු කරත් වැරදියි..
Record-breaking’ crowds of anti-extradition protesters bring Hong Kong to standstill
A vast sea of people, stretching for kilometers from the offices of the Legislative Council in Admiralty to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay — and beyond — filled the streets of Hong Kong this afternoon to protest a controversial plan to allow extraditions to mainland China.
Official crowd estimates have yet to come through, but as of 6:30pm, four hours after the scheduled start, thousands of protesters were still waiting to begin their march. Organizers said the turnout likely dwarfed that of 2003’s July 1 protest, which saw some 500,000 people turn out to protest a controversial national security bill (the bill was ultimately shelved).
Police, who typically issue far, far lower estimates, said at least 153,000 had started the march, but noted that they had yet to calculate the crowd’s peak figure. Even this preliminary estimate, however, would make the demonstration the largest street protest since 2003.
The much-maligned bill at the center of today’s demonstrations would allow, for the first time since the handover, extradition to the mainland and other parts of China, which is currently explicitly forbidden under the city’s existing extradition laws.
Since the bill was first floated — ostensibly in response to an extradition request from Taiwan — opposition has poured in from an unlikely coalition of groups, including influential legal groups, business associations, clergy, students, and Western diplomats, in addition to the usual cast of pro-democracy politicians and activists.
Record-breaking’ crowds of anti-extradition protesters bring Hong Kong to standstill
A vast sea of people, stretching for kilometers from the offices of the Legislative Council in Admiralty to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay — and beyond — filled the streets of Hong Kong this afternoon to protest a controversial plan to allow extraditions to mainland China.
Official crowd estimates have yet to come through, but as of 6:30pm, four hours after the scheduled start, thousands of protesters were still waiting to begin their march. Organizers said the turnout likely dwarfed that of 2003’s July 1 protest, which saw some 500,000 people turn out to protest a controversial national security bill (the bill was ultimately shelved).
Police, who typically issue far, far lower estimates, said at least 153,000 had started the march, but noted that they had yet to calculate the crowd’s peak figure. Even this preliminary estimate, however, would make the demonstration the largest street protest since 2003.
The much-maligned bill at the center of today’s demonstrations would allow, for the first time since the handover, extradition to the mainland and other parts of China, which is currently explicitly forbidden under the city’s existing extradition laws.
Since the bill was first floated — ostensibly in response to an extradition request from Taiwan — opposition has poured in from an unlikely coalition of groups, including influential legal groups, business associations, clergy, students, and Western diplomats, in addition to the usual cast of pro-democracy politicians and activists.
