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Hong Kong police fire pepper spray to disperse Tiananmen protesters

Last Updated 04 June 2020, 14:06 IST

Police fired pepper spray to disperse protesters who gathered in Hong Kong's working class district of Mong Kok on Thursday night to mark the 31st anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on democracy students at Tiananmen Square, witnesses said.

Earlier, thousands defied a police ban to gather with candles across the former British colony to remember the 1989 violence and accuse Beijing of stifling freedoms too on thei semi-autonomous territory.

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(Published 04 June 2020, 14:05 IST)

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