Hong Kong locks down Tiananmen vigil park amid tight security, arrests organiser


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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. (Photo by Reuters) - A + A HONG KONG (June 4): Hong Kong sealed off a park where tens of thousands gather annually to commemorate China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and arrested the vigil's organiser on Friday, in what activists see as suppression of one of the city's main symbols of democratic hope. A blanket of security was thrown over the former British colony to prevent people from gathering to...