For the first time in 30 years, Hong Kong bans the commemoration of the bloody crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Authorities say the ceremony cannot go ahead due to the corona crisis, local newspaper South China Morning Post reports.
Police in the Asian metropolis, which has a special status within the People’s Republic of China, stressed in a letter that meetings with more than eight participants are prohibited.
This measure is intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and has previously been extended to 4 June: the date on which the ceremony would take place.
The memorial organizer, a pro-democratic movement, says members will still go to Victoria Park to pause for a moment.
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China is calling on residents of the metropolis to light candles to reflect on the events of three decades ago.
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