Lee Cheuk-yan (second from right), chairman of the Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, joins other activists in commemorating the Tiananmen massacre at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4 last year. (AFP File Photo)HONG KONG: A prominent pro-democracy group in Hong Kong known for its yearly vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has deleted its publications on the internet, including photos of the protest at the Beijing square, to comply with police orders. Four members of the group, including vice-chairwoman Tonyee Chow, were arrested earlier this month after they refused to comply with a police demand to hand in information on its operations. The Global Times, an English-language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party-run People’s Daily, cheered the end of the alliance. “This is the long-awaited result of Hong Kong’s righteous forces,” the newspaper said in a recent commentrary.

Source: Bangkok Post September 18, 2021 07:18 UTC