Now to Hong Kong where Chief Executive Carrie Lam said earlier in the week a proposed fugitive bill, which sparked the recent protests, was dead. It would have allowed suspects to be delivered to the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Macao. To better understand this, our reporter Zhu Dan sat down with Grenville Cross, Hong Kong's former chief prosecutor from 1997 to 2009.

ZHU DAN CGTN REPORTER "As a barrister, law professor, and the Director of Public Prosecutions for 12 years, do you think that HK needs such a fugitive bill?"

GRENVILLE CROSS FORMER HONG KONG CHIEF PROSECUTOR "Well obviously Hong Kong does, because there are fugitives all over China, and undoubtedly from other parts of the world now claiming safe haven in Hong Kong. HK actully needs Fugitive Bill in terms of Criminal Justice, as it has obligations to help other jurisdictions to combat crime. The extradition bill, which was only a stopgap measure until full extradition measures have been arranged, the extradition bill was an attempt to enable criminal justice to be done in places where fugitives were claiming safe haven here in Hong Kong and evading justice in that way, so it was absolutely essential."

ZHU DAN CGTN REPORTER "I heard there are 37 kinds of serious crimes will be included, even if it was passed. As a criminal justice analyst, tell us what's people's concern?"

GRENVILLE CROSS FORMER HONG KONG CHIEF PROSECUTOR "All the more serious offenses would be there. Murder, wounding cases. Unfortunately, many HK people don't sufficiently understand the issue, and many people I spoke to never read the Bill. They ignore that fact that 55 Places in the world including European countries like France, Italy, Spain all signed extradition agreements with China, then why not HK? If the European countries feel it's safe to return people for trial in mainland China, then it's obviously entirely safe for Hong Kong to be doing exactly the same thing."