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Section A (Source-Based Case Study) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. 1 CITIZENSHIP AND GOVERNANCE Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. (a) Study Source A. Why was this comment made? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Sources B and C. How far does Source B support Source C. Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source D. Since Source D was published in 2018, is the s ource useless to understand the response to the Extradition Law. Explain your answer. [7] (d) Study Source E. How surprised are you by Source E? Explain your answer. [7] (e) How far do the sources in the case study show that the extradition law should be implemented in Hong Kong? Explain your answer. [10]

2 Should the extradition* law be implemented in Hong Kong? BACKGROUND INFORMATION As a British colony, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” principle. This allows Hong Kong to have its own laws and economic system different from China. The Hong Kong government wants to introduce an extradition law in 2019. This law would allow anyone in Hong Kong, accused of commi tting a crime overseas, to be sent back to that country for them to be charged in the courts. This was proposed after a Hong Kong resident murdered his girlfriend in Taiwan and escaped to Hong Kong. He remains free as Hong Kong does not have an extradition treaty with Taiwan. The Hong Kong government wanted to close such legal loopholes in the state through the extradition law. The Chinese government supports the law as it will allow them to charge criminals who seek refuge in Hong Kong. Most Hong Kong residents are against this law as they believe it would allow China to remove the rights and freed om of the Hong Kong residents. This is because they believe, China being a Communist country, lacks human rights protection . More than one million Hong Kongers have protested against this law to be passed. This is the highest number of protestors in Hong K ong’s history. Read the following sources to find out whether Hong Kong should implement the extradition law. * extradition means to hand over a person accused of a crime to the country where the crime was committed

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