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Hong Kong police detain more than 20 on Tiananmen anniversary

Hundreds commemorated the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Taipei's Liberty Square.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Sunday detained more than 20 people, including key pro-democracy figures trying to commemorate the anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, as hundreds in Taiwan mourned the dead with a vigil.

For years, tens of thousands of Hong Kongers would converge on the city's Victoria Park and its surrounding neighbourhood to commemorate the events of June 4, 1989 -- taking part in candlelight vigils.

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