Hong Kong police said they detained 23 people for ‘breaching public peace,’ including a 53-year-old woman for obstructing police officers as authorities ramped up security for the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
HONG KONG/TAIPEI, June 4 - Hong Kong police said they detained 23 people on Sunday for "breaching public peace", including a 53-year-old woman for "obstructing police officers" as authorities ramped up security for the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Near Victoria Park, the previous site of yearly vigils, hundreds of police conducted stop and search operations, and deployed armoured vehicles and police vans. "The regime wants you to forget, but you can't forget... It wants to whitewash all history," said Chris To, 51, who visited the park in a black t-shirt and was searched by police.Police on Monday said officers took away 11 men and 12 women aged between 20 and 74 who were suspected of "breaching the public peace at the scene".
Security is significantly tighter across Hong Kong this year, with up to 6,000 police deployed, including riot and anti-terrorism officers, according to local media.
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