Key facts
- Hong Kong police detained seven people on Thursday evening.
- The individuals were marking the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
- They were carrying flowers and dressed in black.
- Those detained included former League of Social Democrats chairwoman Chan Po-ying and activist Virginia Fung King-man.
- Police stopped and searched five men and two women, aged 17 to 79.
Hong Kong police detained seven people on Thursday evening who were carrying flowers and dressed in black to mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Among those taken away were Chan Po-ying, the former chairwoman of the now-defunct League of Social Democrats opposition group, and activist Virginia Fung King-man. Police stated they stopped and searched five men and two women, aged between 17 and 79, for allegedly disrupting order in the area around Great George Street.