On key anniversary, NGOs urge amending laws for HK asylum seekers 06/09/2021 06:28 PM The anti-extradition law march in Hong Kong in 2019. CNA photo June 9, 2019 Taipei, June 9 (CNA) A group of NGOs in Taiwan called on the government on Wednesday to amend laws to provide more help to people from Hong Kong who wish to seek asylum in Taiwan, despite claims by officials that existing regulations are adequate. The appeal was made as the groups commemorated online the second anniversary of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The protests were first ignited in June 2019 by opposition to an extradition bill that critics said would erode Hong Kong's rule of law and give China a tool it could use to crack down on dissent in the special administrative region.