Dozens arrested in Hong Kong on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
Police in Honk Kong have detained dozens of people on charges of ‘breaching public peace’, including a woman carrying a bouquet of flowers and a man who held a candle, during a crackdown on commemorations of the anniversary of the bloodshed in Beijing’ Tiananmen Square.
Restrictions in Hong Kong have stifled what were once the largest vigils marking the anniversary of the bloody crackdown by Chinese troops on pro-democracy demonstrations, leaving cities like Taipei, London, New York and Berlin to keep the memory of June 4, 1989, alive.
Near Victoria Park on Sunday night, the previous site of yearly vigils, hundreds of police conducted stop and search operations, and deployed armoured vehicles and police vans.
A further four had been arrested on Saturday for ‘seditious’ acts and ‘disorderly conduct, and four more on suspension of breaching the peace.
Sources & Courtesy: ALJAZEERA
