The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China held a grand march to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Democratic Movement. Over 8,000 people joined the march on May 31, 2009.
Szeto Wah, Chair of the Alliance, said that the number of participants reached an all time high. He believed it had something to do with HK’s Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen public misrepresentation of the Movement in a speech.
Early in the morning on June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party mobilized tanks and armed soldiers to suppress students and residents of Beijing on Tiananmen Square. The suppression killed many who protested against corruption and demanded democracy.
Over a million residents in Hong Kong went to the streets to protest against the brutal suppression afterward. In the past 20 years, Chinese people around the world continue to demand the redressing of those who died in the massacre and an investigation into who was responsible for slaughtering unarmed civilians. Days before the 20th anniversary of the Movement, people in Hong Kong went to the streets and continued to voice their demands.
