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Yesterday (4th), the 33rd anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Democratization Protest, downtown Hong Kong was full of police officers trying to crack down on the atmosphere of remembrance of the victims.
Despite strong control, some citizens took to the streets to pay tribute to the victims.
This is Beijing Correspondent Lim Kwang-bin.
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Police surrounded the entrance to Victoria Park in downtown Hong Kong.
The crackdown was intensified, being wary of a gathering of people commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests.
“The police said we would hold an unauthorized assembly, and if we stay here we will arrest you.”
Even in such a solemn atmosphere, some citizens held up their candles and did not give up their will of resistance.
“This is to celebrate the 4th of June. We have to do this every year.”
The U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong lit candles in the window to cheer for the people of Hong Kong.
A statement from US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln was also posted on Facebook, calling the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen protests “cruel violence” and saying that he would remember the victims every year.
The EU office in Hong Kong, the British Consulate General, and the Canadian Consulate also commemorated the victims through social media and expressed their solidarity with Hong Kong citizens.
A large-scale memorial ceremony was held in Taiwan as the erasure of Tiananmen Square began in earnest not only in China but also in Hong Kong.
“While Hong Kong was commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen protests, Taiwan also had its own memorial service, but it was small. Hong Kong can no longer hold a commemoration ceremony, so we have to pay more attention to Hong Kong.”
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen wrote on social media that “I believe that people’s memories cannot be erased by violent means” in response to the ban on Tiananmen-related assemblies in Hong Kong.
In China, censorship has been strengthened on various social media and internet sites in the name of maintenance, Hong Kong Myungbo reported.
Remittances of 89 yuan and 64 yuan, symbolizing the Tiananmen incident, were also blocked.
This is Lim Kwang-bin from Yonhap News TV in Beijing.
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