HONG KONG – Police pepper-sprayed some Hong Kong protesters on June 4 who defied a ban to stage candlelight rallies in memory of China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy crackdown, accusing Beijing of stifling their freedoms too.
Reuters: Police pepper spray Hong Kongers defying ban to mark Tiananmen
A man holds a poster showing the famous Jeff Widener's 'Tank Man' photo taken on June 5, 1989 in Beijing, during a candlelit remembrance in Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, after the annual vigil that traditionally takes place in the park to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown was banned on public health grounds because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
