Hong Kong police close large swathe of Victoria Park on Tiananmen anniversary
Police officers stand guard after blocked Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
Hong Kong authorities on Friday closed off a large swathe of the city's Victoria Park for the first time in 32 years on the anniversary of Beijing's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Tiananmen Square.
Police had banned the annual vigil, citing coronavirus, but some residents said they still planned to visit the park to pay their respects to those who perished.
Friday's anniversary is the first since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on its freest city last year.
Police officers stop a man to search him outside Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
(Reporting by Clare Jim and Jessie Pang; Writing by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
Police officers search a woman outside Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam YikA man walks past police officers, as they stand guard after blocking Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
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