Thousands Defy Beijing With Hong Kong Vigil for Tiananmen Victims

HONG KONG—Crowds congregated across Hong Kong to gentle candles and bear in mind victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, defying a police ban to net hours after the metropolis’s legislature passed a regulation making disrespect of China’s nationwide anthem a criminal offense.

Thousands flooded into Victoria Park, the usual venue for the annual vigil, which this year used to be forbidden for the well-known time by police, who cited public-smartly being concerns on account of the coronavirus. The crowd roared make stronger on Thursday evening as speakers on microphones criticized…