In 2019, the Hong Kong government introduced an extradition law amendment bill proposing to allow extradition to Mainland China, sparking ongoing protests. The bill was later to be withdrawn.[15] The South China Morning Post reported that the central government of the PRC was of the view that due to the protests the political climate in Hong Kong would preclude the passage of a bill under Article 23, while Chief Executive Carrie Lam added that the protests made the law more necessary than before, and so China resorted to enactment of security measures through the National People's Congress (NPC) instead.[2][3]