Reports: Organizer of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil arrested
Hong Kong media say police have arrested a member of the committee that organizes an annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square
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Your support makes all the difference.A member of the committee that organizes Hong Kong s annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown was arrested early Friday on the 32nd anniversary, local media reported.
Public broadcaster RTHK and others reported Chow Hang Tung, the vice chair of The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China was arrested by police early Friday.
It is not clear why Chow was arrested, and police have yet to comment on the matter.
The committee organizes the vigil and ran a museum dedicated to the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The vigil has been canceled by city authorities for a second year, and the museum was closed this week.