Also read: Comment | The spirit of 1989, from Tiananmen to PraguShe was placed in a black saloon car and driven away. Chow, 37, is one of the vice-chairs of the Hong Kong Alliance, the group that organises the huge candlelight vigils in the city's Victoria Park each June 4 to mourn those killed in Beijing's deadly 1989 crackdown on democracy supporters in Tiananmen Square. This year's vigil has been banned by Hong Kong police, who cited the coronavirus pandemic even though the city has not recorded a case of unexplained local transmission in more than a month. After the ban, the Hong Kong Alliance said it would not run the vigil. Police later arrested some two dozen democracy figures who attended that rally, some of whom have been given prison sentences, including other members of the Hong Kong Alliance.

Source: The Hindu June 04, 2021 01:30 UTC