Hong Kong residents react to extradition bill withdrawal Hong Kong residents react after chief executive Carrie Lam announced the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill following three months of protests. “Whether we withdraw the extradition bill right now may not actually be the most important,” says Ah Man, a medical technologist. “I feel what most citizens care about is whether the police brutality will stop or if there will be a day where they’ll be held accountable.”