"""(Bloomberg) -- While protests that drew hundreds of thousands of people into Hong Kong's streets this month were likely the biggest the city has ever seen, the leaders of the historic series of marches stayed relatively low key.There's good reason: Many heads of the 2014 Occupy movement, which shut down swathes of the former British colony for 79 days, ended up in jail, removed from elected office or both. This time around, demonstrators were careful not to give too much credit to a single leader.Still, the protests brought out an array of colorful characters, some of whom have been fighting from the start to block Chief Executive Carrie Lam's bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. Lam backpedaled in the face of mass demonstrations that led to clashes with riot police, shelving the proposed law indefinitely.In the process, Lam may have brought new unity to the city's fractious opposition. Here are some of the most outspoken critics:Claudia Mo, 62As a former journalist for Agence France-Presse, Claudia Mo's coverage of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square was a turning point. In Hong Kong, she later won an election in 2012 on a promise to prevent the city's """"mainlandization."""" Mo eventually left the Civic Party she co-founded to form a so-called localist group, HK First, with fellow lawmaker Gary Fan. She protested against the extradition bill in March alongside bookseller Lam Wing-kee, and later saw him off at the airport when he fled to Taiwan amid fears that he could be sent to China for illegally selling books if the bill were to pass.Jimmy Sham, 31Jimmy Sham, as the convener of the Civil Human Rights Front, helped lead a group known for organizing rallies and calling news conferences. """"Hong Kong people no longer believe her apologies,"""" Sham told reporters after Lam's remarks Sunday. The CHRF was founded in 2002 as a broad church of 48 non-governmental and political organizations. It became known for opposing then-Chi"""
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