Pro-democracy activists have been detained in a crackdown on marking the 1989 massacre in Beijing.
By Martin Yip in Hong Kong & Adam Durbin in LondonPolice in Hong Kong have detained several pro-democracy activists on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
The leader of one of Hong Kong's main opposition parties was among those arrested. Chan Po Ying, a veteran pro-democracy activist who heads the League of Social Democrats party, was holding an LED candle and two flowers. Nearby Victoria Park has hosted annual candlelit vigils to mark Tiananmen Square since 1990, often drawing tens of thousands of people to mark the day, known as June Fourth in much of China.Police detain a man holding a script titled "May 35th", a reference to the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing
Two Chinese-made "Sabre-tooth Tiger" armoured vehicles have also be stationed in the area in what appears to be a show of force by police. Others have been detained while holding unlit candles or wearing yellow clothing, the colour of the now-dismantled pro-democracy movement.
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