On Thursday, Hong Kong police warned the public not to “try” police with “unauthorized meetings” on the upcoming anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
“Try not to check the borders…but also test our determination or determination to enforce the law in this operation,” Hong Kong Police Senior Inspector Liau Ka-kei told reporters on June 2.
“The senior official said on Saturday that police action, such as advising and warning before more drastic actions like arrests, would be “proportionate”, the HKFP said.
Police stopped and searched a pedestrian on the street before the 33rd anniversary of the incident in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 2022, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Liau referred to the Hong Kong government’s total ban of all public gatherings this year to commemorate the Chinese government’s massacre of student protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. anniversary. for decades. The Hong Kong government has banned mass candle burning events in 2020 and 2021, citing the perceived risk to public health from the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. This health-related ban continues this year, meaning any public gatherings, including picket, are prohibited in Tiananmen Square.
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– Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) June 2, 2022
On June 2, Liau announced what outdoor activities his police will be holding on June 4, stating that “for Hong Kongers with a real intention, it is perfectly acceptable to spend their free time today to enter Victoria Park”.
Police sealed Victoria Park ahead of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre that took place in Hong Kong, China, on June 3, 2022. (Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)
The chief of police continued:
But still, as I must emphasize, go to Victoria Park even if you are alone… If you are with a group of people, in the same place, at the same time, for one purpose, to express certain views, it corresponds. for the meaning of the collection.
And depending on the number of people at the scene, this may be inconsistent with crimes, including unauthorized gatherings or actions that might conflict with other more serious crimes.
The Chinese Communist Party has refused to fully acknowledge the mass casualties caused by the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, often destroying public memory of the event in China. Pro-Beijing politicians have increasingly held senior government posts in Hong Kong since summer 2020, when the Chinese Communist Party successfully suppressed the city’s pro-democracy movement that began in 2019. National Security passed through the legislature of the Chinese Communist Party. Live. On June 30, 2020, in Hong Kong, it resulted in four new crimes: secession, destruction, terrorism and conspiracy with foreign powers. Hong Kong police effectively stopped the city’s pro-democracy movement, arresting its members and charging them citywide with new national security crimes.
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