BEIJING -- Over 40 police vehicles were deployed around Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Friday, as Chinese authorities stood on high alert against pro-democracy demonstrations on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly 1989 crackdown on student-led protests in the infamous square.
In western Beijing, plainclothes police officers kept close eyes on mourners who gathered to remember students killed in Muxidi, one of the bloodiest sites of the crackdown.
According to sources, Pu Zhiqiang, a prominent human rights activist in Beijing, was moved by authorities to the western province of Gansu on Thursday, ahead of the anniversary.
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