tiananmen: Police patrol Hong Kong park amid Tiananmen vigil ban


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Earlier, a police superintendent warned that gathering in a group "at the same place, with the same time and with a common purpose to express certain views" could be considered as an unauthorized assembly. (AP) HONG KONG: Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong 's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. For decades, an annual candlelight vigil was held in the park to remember China's deadly crackdown on protesters demanding greater democracy in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Critics...