Pro-democracy campaigners have been detained by Hong Kong police on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square tragedy.

Public remembrance of the 1989 tragedy, in which China used tanks and troops to crush nonviolent rallies in Beijing, has been outlawed by the authorities.

However, a number of candlelight vigils are anticipated in places all around the world.

The 67-year-old activist Alexandra Wong, also known as “Grandma Wong,” was detained.

In close proximity to Victoria Park, where vigils had been conducted for decades, she was stopped while carrying flowers.

According to the AFP news agency, the leader of one of Hong Kong’s major opposition parties has also been taken into custody and put into a police van.

An LED candle and two flowers were being held by Chan Po Ying, a seasoned pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the League of Social Democrats party.

Events commemorating the Beijing massacre of 1989 are forbidden on the Chinese mainland.

Under the “one country, two systems” economic, political, and legal framework established when the city was transferred to China by the UK in 1997, Hong Kong was formerly the only Chinese city where these commemorations were permitted.

However, since the Chinese government implemented a stringent national security regulation forbidding various kinds of protest, public celebrations of the occasion have been banned.

The yearly remembrances have not taken place since 2020, after first being prohibited by Hong Kong’s Covid laws.

Instead, Victoria Park is hosting a pro-Beijing festival this year.

On Sunday near Causeway Bay, Ms. Wong was swiftly encircled by police and driven away.

Since 1990, the nearby Victoria Park has played host to yearly candlelight vigils to commemorate Tiananmen Square, which frequently draw tens of thousands of people to celebrate the occasion, also known as June Fourth in most of China.

The “May 35” letters, which make reference to the Beijing massacre that took place on June 4, 1989, are what led police to capture a man.
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Police capture a man who was carrying a script with the words “May 35th” on it, alluding to the Beijing massacre that took place on June 4, 1989, at Tiananmen Square.
The Hong Kong Police have stationed tens of thousands of policemen at important locations throughout the city, stopping people and questioning them.

According to reports, police took at least 10 people, including Ms. Wong, away.

A woman who exclaimed, “Raise candles! ” was one of those who was detained. Mourn 64!” One was a man holding a book with the title “May 35th,” while the other was a reference to the 4 June killing date.

On Saturday, numerous people were held close to Victoria Park and at least four people were arrested.

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On Sunday, dozens of candlelight vigils will be held in memory of individuals who were slain by the Chinese military in retaliation for the crackdown.

Many participants also hope that the vigils will preserve the spirit of Hong Kong’s formerly active political and civil society, which has now mostly died down as a result of the enormous number of people who have either left Hong Kong or been imprisoned under the national security law.

1989 saw nationwide protests for more political liberties center around the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in Beijing.

Thousands of people, the majority of them were students, stayed on the famous Beijing square for many weeks before the military entered on June 4 and started shooting.

In footage that was shown all over the world, a single unnamed protester who blocked a column of advancing tanks became a symbol of global outrage.

According to the Chinese authorities, 200 civilians and a number of security officers perished. According to other estimates, the number could be as high as 10,000.

Activists believe that the government’s measures are a part of China’s larger plan to quell political dissent in Hong Kong.