Tiananmen Square Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested as police crack down on anniversary event | World News

Tiananmen Square Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested as police crack down on anniversary event | World News

The organiser of an annual Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong has been arrested on its 32nd anniversary as police threatened to jail anyone who breaks into the park it is held in.

Chow Hang Tung, 36, was arrested on Friday morning ahead of a candlelit vigil that was banned for a second year in a row as Beijing attempts to shut down pro-democracy activism in the city.

Hong Kong has been the only place on Chinese soil to commemorate the student-led protest in Beijing on 4 June 1989 in which the military crackdown led to the…

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