park. this year, the protest hot spot was empty except for police. the official reason: covid. ridiculous.e compared to las you see compared to last year, the covid virus is less serious. hong kong police will use whatever measures. reporter: it s now 8:00, ands back out the police are pushing us back out of victoria park with this orange line. it s a slow push, but, clearly, they ve been given the order that any attempt at doing any kind of vigil is over. police raised a banner warning people to leave. with lights shining, they flowed like water around the park and across hong kong instead. but many hong kongers fear china s communist party is overwhelming them with a rubber- stamped national security law now looming to prevent the mass pro-democracy protest of 2019 from ever happening again. this june 4 may be a dying ember in a city once known for freedom