Organisers have instead urged people to light a candle on 4 June to mark China’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests
Hong Kong authorities have for the second year banned the candlelit vigil commemorating the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, organisers have said.
Police had objected to the event because of social distancing restrictions, which prohibit large gatherings, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which organises event every year on 4 June, said on Thursday.
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