welcome to the program i'm marion evans dean. hong kong's government has backed down after days of violent street protests chief executive carrie lamb says a bill allowing people to be sent to mainland china for a trial is being suspended indefinitely opponents fear the measure would curb civil liberties and threaten hong kong status as a financial hub. that was a fractious scenes outside government house in hong kong preceded a remarkable turnaround from the leadership after repeated inter no deliberations over the last 2 days i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercice restart our communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society lam statement acknowledging the pressure of recent days where protesters thronged the city streets and clashed with police was instrumental in her decision to suspend but not withdraw the bill that suspension drew strong opposition voices to criticized for not scrapping the law completely with som