Hong Kong not dead yet, says Tiananmen veteran taking lone stand in park for June 4 vigil – Netscape Politics


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By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) - Han Dongfang, a veteran Tiananmen Square activist, says Hong Kong should not lose heart despite a heavy China-led crackdown on its freedoms, as he defied police warnings and sat quietly on a park bench to commemorate the victims of June 4. Han, who was almost killed when People's Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing in 1989, and was then jailed and forced into exile, was one of the few people in Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Friday afternoon, ignoring a police ban on an annual...