Reuters
Date: Jun 3, 2015
By James Pomfret and Clare Baldwin
Tens of thousands of people are due to attend an annual candlelight vigil in Hong
An accessory featuring a yellow umbrella, symbol of the Occupy Central movement, hangs on a Goddess of Democracy statue at the June 4th Museum in Hong Kong, China June 3, 2015, REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Kong on Thursday to mark Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as tension lingers in the financial hub from its pro-democracy protests last year.
More than six months since Hong Kong police demolished the last encampments of protesters agitating for full democracy in the city, the organizers of this year’s June 4 vigil are aiming to link the events, which is likely to antagonize China.
“Occupy was in a way a mini-June 4 for Hong Kong,” said city legislator and vigil organizer Lee Cheuk-yan, referring to last year’s Occupy Central protests.
“We should not separate our fight for democracy from that of China’s. We should link up the two and fight in unity.” [FULL STORY]
