<p>Hong Kong authorities are set to formally withdraw an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.</p>.<p>The security chief is due on Wednesday to announce the bill's withdrawal in the city's legislature.</p>.<p>Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had proposed the amendments to resolve a case involving a man wanted for murder in Taiwan who could not be sent to the self-ruled island because there was no extradition agreement in place.</p>.<p>But the proposal stoked widespread fears residents would be put at risk of being sent into mainland China's Communist Party-controlled judicial system, and Lam was forced to drop the bill in the face of fierce opposition.</p>.<p>The crisis has snowballed into demands for universal suffrage and an investigation into police tactics.</p>
<p>Hong Kong authorities are set to formally withdraw an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.</p>.<p>The security chief is due on Wednesday to announce the bill's withdrawal in the city's legislature.</p>.<p>Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had proposed the amendments to resolve a case involving a man wanted for murder in Taiwan who could not be sent to the self-ruled island because there was no extradition agreement in place.</p>.<p>But the proposal stoked widespread fears residents would be put at risk of being sent into mainland China's Communist Party-controlled judicial system, and Lam was forced to drop the bill in the face of fierce opposition.</p>.<p>The crisis has snowballed into demands for universal suffrage and an investigation into police tactics.</p>