Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested on anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown

Chow Hang Tung has been arrested (AP/Vincent Yu)

Police have arrested an organiser of Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil remembering the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown and warned people not to attend the banned event.

In past years, tens of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to honour those who died when China’s military put down student-led pro-democracy protests on June 4, 1989. Hundreds, if not thousands were killed.