Wang Zhimin, director of the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong, said on 2019-5-15 : "The Extradition Law is meant to prevent HK from becoming Heaven for fugitives.” The fact, however, is: HK has always been Heaven for political fugitives from China, e.g. last Sung emperor Ping 昺(1272-1279), Tai Ping rebels (19 c.), Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Tiananmen Square Massacre survivors (1989), etc.
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