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Hong Kong court convicts dissident trio for marking date of Tiananmen massacre

Courage and a yearning for democracy couldn't save the Tiananmen protesters from the Beijing regime. Photo: Getty

Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of not complying with a national security police request for information.

The magistrates’ court verdict on Saturday included prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung, 38, who was the former vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China.

The now-disbanded alliance was the main organiser of Hong Kong’s June 4 candlelight vigil for victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown.

The annual vigil drew tens of thousands of people in the largest public commemoration of its kind on Chinese soil.

-AAP

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