Ban on commemorations in Hong Kong and vigil in Taipei on anniversary of Tiananmen | Video

Taipei (Taiwan), June 4 (EFE).- Hong Kong Police temporarily detained at least three people as part of their efforts to prevent this Tuesday any public remembrance of the repression of the Tiananmen protests in Beijing 35 years ago today.

In Victoria Park, where until 2019 the annual vigil was held in memory of the deceased, any type of event was once again prohibited and the site and its surrounding areas woke up with armored vans forming a large police presence to, according to one of the agents to EFE, "protect residents from protests over something that happened in China a long time ago."

"Why are there so many police? Because in 1989 China put tanks and killed people and they don't want people to mourn. But no one is going to do anything because there is fear," several Hong Kongers comment while gesturing with their hands as if they were armored vehicles will pass over them.

CAMERA: JAVIER CASTRO BUGARÍN.

FOOTAGE OF THE START OF THE MAIN ACT IN THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CHIANG KAI-SHEK MAUSOLEUM, FROM THE EXHIBITION "LIFE DEATH PRESERVE FORGOTTEN", IN WHICH 18 ARTISTS FROM CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE AND LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES AND IMAGES OF THE MAIN COMMEMORATION ACT IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.

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Date: 04/06/2024 14:29 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Politics » Censorship
Politics » Human rights
Politics » Government
Politics
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 233 seconds
Reference: 55013774894
Relevance: Normal