 However, Lam dodged questions regarding recent deaths, and the government left the unanswered questions out of the official transcript, an act criticised by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for hindering public's right to know.Information Services Department responded that the transcript released was not a "verbatim".Nine days after the occupation, on 9 July, the government held a press conference during which Carrie Lam announced that the extradition bill was "dead".