this year, the authorities threatened to imprison anyone who attended the vigil. they cited covid 19 restrictions, but it s seen as a part of a wider attack on dissent. some were determined to mark the day. translation: we re taking risks but you have to keep going. - if not, history willjust be rewritten and forgotten. gunfire. hundreds, possibly thousands, were killed when the chinese army opened fire on their own people in 1989. the events have been wiped from the chinese official history, but hong kong remembered. but in the early hours of the morning today, police arrested an organiser of the vigil it sent a message to those who may have wanted to attend. but in this corner of hong kong, some came out to remember the dead.
anyone who attended the vigil. they cited covid i9 restrictions, but it s seen as a part of a wider attack on dissent. some were determined to mark the day. translation: we re taking risks but you have to keep going. - if not, history willjust be rewritten and forgotten. gunfire. hundreds, possibly thousands, were killed when the chinese army opened fire on their own people in 1989. the events have been wiped from the chinese official history, but hong kong remembered. but in the early hours of the morning today, police arrested an organiser of the vigil it sent a message to those who may have wanted to attend. but in this corner of hong kong, some came out to remember the dead. the police watched on. richard tsoi is the only organiser of the vigil left.