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4 Jun, 4 tweets, 4 min read
A man places a "goddess of democracy" statue, a symbol of the Tiananmen student movement, on a harbourside decoration in Wanchai. Police have banned the usual annual vigil in Victoria Park. Photo: HKFP.
Artists gathered in Hong Kong the night before the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre and commemorated the victims with different street performances. Photos: @StandNewsHK
@StandNewsHK A member of C&G Apartment and Happy Valley District Councillor Clara Cheung commemorated victims of the #TiananmenMassacre with an art performance in Causeway Bay, where she plucked out pedals of 64 white flowers and put them in a plastic can.
@StandNewsHK Artist Sanmu Chan also held up a sign in Causeway Bay that read: "do not light up a candle in Victoria Park," "do not light up a candle inside your heart." Photos: @StandNewsHK.

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4 Jun
1/ Hong Kong's Victoria Park - the iconic venue for the only annual commemoration on Chinese soil of the Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989 - stands empty and barricaded at 8pm on Friday, the first time in 32 years.
2/ Hundreds of police officers were deployed at Victoria Park on Friday evening in anticipation of people showing up for the city's annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil in defiance of a police ban.
3/ Hundreds of black-clad activists roamed the streets around the park holding electronic candles as police sought to disperse them, unfurling flags warning they were in breach of the law. Police widened their cordon around the park and kept people and onlookers moving.
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4 Jun
1/ Danny Chan, 30, made a sketch of the Victoria Park security guards standing in front of him as they held signs directing people to use other routes to access the swimming pool and tennis court amid the Tiananmen Massacre vigil police lockdown.
2/ Chan, who described himself as a "war zone artist," said he never commemorated the Tiananmen crackdown but enjoyed watching others pay attribute as well as documenting "peaceful scenes" at a protest or demonstration.
3/ "I used to paint with acrylic on a canvas… but considering I may have to run, I can only bring a small sketch book and pack as lightly as possible."
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