Police carried out a large security operation during the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, as individual Hongkongers attempted to stage mini acts of defiance around Victoria Park on Saturday. The park was closed by police until Sunday. In full:
1/ As night fell in Mong Kok, groups of police officers patrolled around Nathan Road and Langham Place, where two people were stopped by officers and had their identification documents checked
HKFP_Live: Police are on standby near Victoria Park on the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
#Now back in CWB again a few hours after the early morning stroll around Victoria Park. Parts of the busy East Point Rd and Great George St are blocked by police with dozens of officers guarding the roads. Journos are asked to stay on pedestrian and reg with police
1/ Police have deployed to Victoria Park and ordered people to leave, as the venue in Causeway Bay is cordoned off until Sunday:
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I was periously close to considering this good-faith criticism worth responding to, because the cultural cache and positive stereotypes attached to Eurasians in all these places are 100% attributable to the lasting trauma of European imperialism and the legacy of white supremacy
