Organisers accuse Hong Kong officials of using coronavirus as excuse to ban the rally
Thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park in June 2014 to mark the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. File picture: REUTERSHong Kong police on Monday banned this year's vigil marking the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary citing the coronavirus pandemic, the first time the gathering has been halted in three decades.
Top, pro-democracy protesters gather at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, June 2 1989. Bottom, people visit Tiananmen Square on May 1 2019. Picture: AFP/CATHERINE HENRIETTE “I don't see why the government finds political rallies unacceptable while it gave green lights to resumption of schools and other services ranging from catering, karaoke to swimming pools,” said Lee Cheuk-yan, chair of the Hong Kong Alliance which has organised every vigil since 1990.
Lee also vowed that the alliance would continue to chant the “end one-party rule” slogan during the commemoration. Beijing's recently announced plans to impose a law criminalising acts of subversion, secession, terrorism and foreign interference.
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