A group of Hong Kong leader dismissed Chief Executive Carrie Lam offers of a private meeting about the recent protests over china extradition bill that has been suspended, for now, calling it “too little, too late”, according to report on Friday.
During a news conference, student leaders from the University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Chinese University said “We do not think Ms Lam is being sincere. Her office invited them to closed-door meetings, but any meeting should be public and include a wider representation.”
The provisional executive committee of HKUST’s student union said, “it had turned down the request, which it received on Wednesday, straight away”.
Jacky So Tsun-Fung, President of Chinese University’s student union, said, “We do not want it to be just a public relations stunt,”
“We will only consider it after the government addresses our demands,” he added.
Carrie Lam was appointed as Hong Kong’s leader by a committee dominated by pro-Beijing elites, suspended the legislation indefinitely after a huge protest over controversial china extradition bill early this month.
Thousands of protesters paralysed central Hong Kong by blocking major roads in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China.
The protesters are still adamant that the bill must be fully withdrawn and demanded pro-Beijing Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s resignation.
Dozens of protesters were arrested after the protests and an independent investigation into a police crackdown on June 12 protest that included tear gas and rubber bullets.