Hong Kong police detained seven individuals, including former opposition group leader Chan Po-ying, for allegedly disrupting order while marking the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The group was carrying flowers and dressed in black in Causeway Bay.
The detentions highlight the ongoing suppression of public commemoration of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong, underscoring the erosion of freedoms in the city.
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.
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