Abstract
A crisis has been happening in Hong Kong since June 9, 2019, and still continues. Without reaching a social consensus, the Chief Executive (CE) of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam announced an amendment bill for the current extradition law, which allowed fugitives to be extradited to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Lam and her administration, also the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) behind it, are facing the greatest resistance from all walks of life in Hong Kong, who was deeply afraid of the injustice environment in PRC, with protests and street occupations. However, Lam decided to use extreme police violence to suppress the protests, which caused even severe reactions from the public, causing the Lam administration to become the lowest rating administration since the region was established in 1997. On the other hand, the people of Hong Kong realized that there is a reason on explaining the government didn’t listen to their demands, which is due to the CE, who has been ruling them, is not serving for the people of Hong Kong, but the CCP in Beijing. Therefore, protestors addressed five closely chained demands to the Lam administration, urging them to fulfill all of them then step down. Those five demands are (1) Withdrawal of the Bill; (2) Establishment of an Independent Commission of Inquiry; (3) Retraction of the Proclamation "Riot" on the Protesters; (4) Amnesty All Arrested Protesters; and (5) Duel-Universal-Suffrage for Chief Executive and Legislative Council. Carrie Lam should fulfill them and step down with her administration.
Fulfilling “Five Demands” is the Best Solution to Hong Kong’s Unrest
Since March 31, 2019, the people of Hong Kong have been trying to get through their worst crisis since the handover of the country in 1997 (Master & Pomfret 2019). Conflicts and clashes between the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) and citizens ranging from weekends to weekdays, from holiday to daily life, citizens started to get used to living with Lennon Walls with memo stickers and artworks, with “Glory to Hong Kong” is being sung around the entire city. In this battle between the conscience of the people of Hong Kong and the evilness of the Chinese Central Government, almost six thousand citizens have been arrested, and sixteen percent of them are being prosecuted by November 21 (Security Bureau 2019), with the excessive-violence by the police force. The citizens in Hong Kong have gone rouge and urged, not asked, that the Chief Executive (CE), Carrie Lam, should immediately establish an independent investigation commission, to investigate the movement. However, the protestors received nothing from the authority, also were insulted by Lam as “they have no stakes in the society” (Information Service Department, 2019b). Therefore, the movement became even larger and developed into an enormous civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong.
