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    Hong Kong Leaders Apologize For Extradition Bill As They Brace For More Protests

    A day after Chief Executive Carrie Lam offered her mea culpa, two top advisers followed suit. But the apologies are unlikely to be enough to placate protesters.
    by Scott Neuman Jun 19, 2019 2 minutes
    Fanny Law, seen in a 2017 interview with <em>The South China Morning Post</em>, is a member of Hong Kong's Executive Council. She apologized on Wednesday for underestimating the backlash to a controversial now-withdrawn extradition bill.

    Two members of Hong Kong's Executive Council have followed the territory's chief executive in issuing a public apology for supporting an extradition bill that continues to fuel massive demonstrations despite its suspension.

    The remarks come as officials brace for the possibility of further protests in

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