SYDNEY — U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy suggested that a controversial government amendment to existing legislation that would potentially lead to limited extraditions of Hong Kong residents in Britain will actually enhance overall protections, as he lashed out at police in the Chinese territory for seeking fresh arrest warrants.
In an address at Sydney’s Lowy Institute on Saturday, Lammy said the government is removing Hong Kong from its Extradition Act 2003 because it is “hugely concerned” by what he called China’s “transnational repression.”
