Semi-autonomous Hong Kong had been the one place in China where large-scale remembrance was still tolerated—until two years ago when Beijing imposed a national security law to snuff out dissent after huge pro-democracy protests in 2019.
A veteran member of The League of Social Democrats is detained in the Causeway Bay district, near the venue where Hong Kong people have traditionally gathered to mourn victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
AFP reporters saw at least half a dozen people being taken away by police on Saturday, the majority in the evening, including activist Yu Wai-pan from the League of Social Democrats party. Authorities had warned that"participating in an unauthorized assembly" on Saturday risked the maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment.A pigeon flies over a deserted Victoria Park in the Causeway Bay district.The park and adjacent Causeway Bay shopping district were heavily policed Saturday, with multiple people targeted for searches.
Over a megaphone, police said to turn them off, warning the people they risked breaching the law on unauthorized assembly.
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