Amid an increasingly oppressive political climate and the pervasive presence of police, Hong Kong citizens no longer hold the large-scale candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Nevertheless, on June 4, many individuals still gathered at Victoria Park and nearby Causeway Bay to pay their respects.
The police deployed a significant number of officers, and several citizens were taken away for expressing their remembrance of the massacre. Some of these individuals were arrested on charges of “suspicion of violating” the recently enacted “offense of seditious intent” under Article 23 of the Basic Law.
