UPDATE 1-Hong Kong organisers lose appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil


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(Adds Samuel Chu comment in paragraph seven) By Jessie Pang May 29 (Reuters) - Organisers of an annual vigil to commemorate the Chinese Communist government's bloody crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 said on Saturday they had lost an appeal to hold this year's rally. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China planned to hold a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park next Friday. This marks the second year that Hong Kong police have banned the vigil, citing coronavirus restrictions. “We have to apologise to the public. Hong Kong Alliance can...