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On the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Hong Kong police on Saturday detained several people amid restrictions on public commemoration of the crackdown. Chinese troops had violently oppressed students during the crackdown on June 4, 1989, in Beijing. China has never officially released the figures of casualties during the protests with discussion on the subject forbidden in China. Also Read in Pics: Remembering the tank man on 33rd anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre Reports claimed Social Democrats (LSD) party leaders were detained as the Hong Kong authorities declared they would clamp down on “unauthorised assembly”. Although demonstrations were...