The Hong Kong chief's annual speech was interrupted today as opposition lawmakers screamed and climbed onto the table.

The Hong Kong Legislative Assembly meets for the first time since the revised extradition bill was suspended in July. This is also an opportunity to formally withdraw the extradition bill.

However, the meeting was severely interrupted when opposition legislators booed, shouting slogans of protest during Ms. Lam's speech. After the first interruption, Ms. Lam still tried to speak, but the legislators showed no signs of stopping, forcing Lam to deliver the speech through video broadcasting.

Opposition lawmakers put the slogan "Five demands - nothing missing" on the wall behind Ms. Lam this morning, referring to Hong Kong protesters' requests, including the right to vote. universal suffrage.

"Both her hands are bloody. We expect Ms. Lam to withdraw the bill and resign. She is incapable of governing, unsuitable as special zone chief," opposition lawmaker Tanya Chan said. . This is also the first time a Hong Kong Special Zone Chief has been unable to deliver an annual speech at the Legislative Assembly headquarters.

Pro-Beijing lawmakers criticized the opposition lawmakers' disruption of the meeting, arguing that Ms. Lam's annual speech today is crucial to the future of Hong Kong. Ms. Lam's video speech was then published on the Hong Kong Legislative Council website.

The content of Ms. Lam's speech underscored the special zone's commitment to the "one-country, two-regime" policy, and declared that the moves to call for independence in Hong Kong would not be tolerated. The Hong Kong Special Zone Chief also announced a number of housing and infrastructure policies, recognizing that housing is an urgent problem that special zone must face.

The incident at the Hong Kong Legislative Assembly today took place just hours after the US House of Representatives passed the Hong Kong Democracy and Human Rights bill, and two other bills expressed support for the special protesters. this area.

Protests against a revised extradition bill in Hong Kong broke out in early June. The bill allows suspects to go to trial in jurisdictions without extradition treaties, including China. continent. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Carrie Lam announced in early September a complete withdrawal of the bill, but protesters continued to take to the streets.