4 Jun 2021

Hong Kong police cordon off Victoria Park

From Lately, 10:18 pm on 4 June 2021

Hong Kong police have shut off parts Victoria Park - where tens of thousands usually gather to commemorate China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Police had banned the usually annual vigil for the second year in a row, citing Covid-19 concerns. But residents had still planned to visit the park to pay their respects to the dead. Tom Grundy is editor-in-chief at the Hong Kong Free Press