Foes of Subversion Bill Get a Boost
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Opponents of a controversial Hong Kong anti-subversion bill gained a major boost when one of the territory’s leading pro-Beijing politicians said the legislation should be delayed by a year.
“It’s better to delay,” said Jasper Tsang, chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong. Tsang had been a leading advocate for early passage of the legislation. Opponents of the bill worry that it could undermine some of the freedoms that differentiate Hong Kong from the Communist mainland.
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