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FILE - This July 6, 2008, file photo shows Hong Kong's former Chief Secretary Anson Chan during a press conference in Hong Kong. Chan, long an outspoken advocate for more democracy in the ex-British colony, is urging the city's chief executive, Carrie Lam, to shelve proposed extradition legislation that has sparked mass protests. On Thursday, June 13, 2019, dozens of people were injured in clashes with police. In an interview with The Associated Press, the 79-year-old Chan said a massive protest march Sunday, June 9, that drew hundreds of thousands of people showed "the Hong Kong spirit at its best."(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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