![]() Newspaper columnist Johnny Lau, who covered the 1989 crackdown in person as a reporter, wrote that June 4 has become so taboo that it’s forcing people to think about it more. Since the enactment of the National Security Law, Tiananmen-related statues have been removed from universities and books about the event have been pulled off public library shelves. “I could only vow to myself: devote my whole life to China’s democracy.” “After the crackdown, I wondered what we could still do in Hong Kong,” he said. When he heard sounds of gunshots on TV, he said, it was saddening and infuriating. Tsoi, who was in college during the 1989 democracy movement, said the protests gave him hope for the future of China. The Tiananmen crackdown left a deep mark on a generation of liberal-minded Chinese people. The group that formerly organized the Victoria Park vigil disbanded in 2021, after police informed it that it was under investigation for working on behalf of foreign groups, an accusation the group denied, and three of its leaders were charged with subversion. “Over some 30 years, we carried on our work in a struggle of memory against forgetting,” said Tsoi, who wore a black T-shirt with the slogan “The people will never forget.” “Now, maybe we will have to think about how to keep this message from being drowned out in Hong Kong.”Īsked whether it is legal to mourn the crackdown in public as an individual, Hong Kong leader John Lee said that if anyone breaks the law, “of course the police will have to take action.” ![]()
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