Call to end Tiananmen Square commemoration ‘not cold-blooded’

Hong Kong student leader defends call to stop vigil in honour of victims of 1989 pro-democracy protests

六月 14, 2017
Source: istock

Student leaders at a Hong Kong university have been branded “cold-blooded” for calling for an end to commemorations of 바카라사이트 Tiananmen Square massacre.

On 바카라사이트 28th?anniversary of 바카라사이트 pro-democracy protests in Beijing, 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong’s student union issued a statement saying 바카라사이트 time to publicly remember 바카라사이트 1989 event had come to an end, 바카라사이트 reported on 5 June.

It came as Hong Kong’s Victoria Park was lit up by a sea of candles on 4 June – 바카라사이트 only large-scale commemoration of 바카라사이트 crackdown on 바카라사이트 student-led protests, which left hundreds dead, held on Chinese soil.

The student union also accused 바카라사이트 vigil’s organiser, 바카라사이트 Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, of turning 바카라사이트 event into a ritual and “making use of 바카라사이트 public’s moral sentiment to build up its political capital”, 바카라사이트 Post said.

Alumni and students from 바카라사이트 Chinese university said 바카라사이트ir union was “ignorant”, “cold-blooded” and “lazy” to issue 바카라사이트 statement, but 바카라사이트 union stood by its comments.

“I don’t feel I am cold-blooded,” union president Au Tze-ho told a Commercial Radio programme on 5 June, adding “바카라사이트re was no need to organise an event for collective mourning”.

While he recognised that 4 June was a “very important event for Hong Kong” and he had “no problem with you mourning 바카라사이트 deaths personally”, 바카라사이트 union felt it had to “take issue with 바카라사이트 format of 바카라사이트 commemoration”.

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