Hong Kong police take away seven people in Causeway Bay on Thursday, the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Multiple outlets report the arrests occur during increased patrols around areas where previous commemorations have been held. Police stop, search and remove five men and two women aged 17 to 79 who appear to be in the area near Great George Street. Accounts describe some of the group as carrying flowers and dressed in black. The police say the individuals are suspected of “disrupting order.” Names reported by one outlet include Chan Po-ying, a former chairwoman of the League of Social Democrats, and activist Virginia Fung King-man. The reporting indicates officers conduct the stops late on Thursday evening and move the people away following searches. The incident follows the anniversary and takes place in a location associated with past public vigils and related activity. Authorities do not cite any further specific allegations beyond disrupting order, and there is no immediate public comment from the detained people in the reports.
Police take seven people in Causeway Bay on 37th Tiananmen anniversary
Hong Kong police take away seven people in Causeway Bay on Thursday, the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Multiple outlets report the arrests occur during increased patrols aro...
- Police in Hong Kong stop, search and take away seven people in Causeway Bay on Thursday, the 37th Tiananmen anniversary.
- The seven detainees include five men and two women aged 17 to 79.
- Police say they suspect the group of “disrupting order.”
- Some reports describe the group carrying flowers and wearing black near Great George Street.
- Reported names include Chan Po-ying and activist Virginia Fung King-man.
Hong Kong police took away seven people in Causeway Bay, where past public commemorations for China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown were once held, on Thursday, the 37th anniversary of the event. Police said late on Thursday that five men and two women, aged 17 to 79, were stopped by officers on suspicion of “disrupting order” near […]
2 months agoHong Kong police took away seven people who appeared in Causeway Bay on Thursday evening carrying flowers and dressed in black to mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. They included Chan Po-ying, former chairwoman of the now-defunct League of Social Democrats opposition group, and activist Virginia Fung King-man. Police said 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 and...
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