Hong Kong police ban Tiananmen vigil for first time in 30 years | The Malaysian Insight

Students clean up Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on the 22nd anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, on June 4, 2011. Hong Kong police today banned an upcoming vigil in the Chinese territory marking the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary citing the coronavirus pandemic, the first time the gathering has been halted in three decades. – EPA pic, June 1, 2020.

HONG Kong police today banned an upcoming vigil marking the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary citing the coronavirus pandemic, the first time the gathering has been halted in three decades. The candlelight June 4 vigil usually attracts huge crowds and is the only place on Chinese soil where such a major commemoration of the anniversary is still allowed.

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