VIGIL WAS BANNED
On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops and tanks ruthlessly crushed a wave of peaceful demonstrations calling for political change in Tiananmen Square.
Tens of thousands of people attended Victoria Park’s monthly light celebration for many years before it was outlawed in 2020.
Artists would perform analytical performances about the crackdown and the evident erasure of memorials taking place on the mainland outside the Causeway Bay park.
Hong Kong Alliance, the organization behind the vigil, and its organizers were accused of” incitement to corruption” under the protection law, which was put in place to appease the sizable and frequently violent protests that shook the city in 2019.
According to Chiu Yan-loy, a former Alliance part, the authorities have repeatedly questioned him about his plans for June 4.
They repeatedly advised me never to leave the house that evening, he claimed.
Pro-Beijing groups held a” home good” on Saturday to showcase goods from the mainland in Victoria Park, which had been barred with metal barriers for the previous three years. It’s going to last until Monday.
On Saturday, there was a sizable officers presence in Victoria Park and the Causeway Bay region.
While an armored car was spotted parked outside a shopping center, officers stopped and searched people walking through the busy shopping area.
One performer moved from street to street in the park’s vicinity while being closely pursued by police on Saturday. He did so while carrying a folding chair for sitting on and taking selfies.
The actor, who identified himself as Tung, told AFP,” My thought was that I haven’t have nevertheless unless the officers stop me.”
Officials repeatedly refused to say whether public Tiananmen mourning was prohibited in the days leading up to the anniversary on Sunday, just stating that” everyone should work in accordance with the law.”
The Tiananmen Square victims'” courage will not be forgotten ,” according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who also stated that the US would” continue advocating for people’s human rights and fundamental rights in China and around the earth.”