🕯️ "In Victoria Park, a man holding an electric candle while sitting on a bench was surrounded by police officers at around 4.30pm. The man, wearing a face mask, a white cap, and dressed in black attire, was later brought to a police van. Police did not say whether he was apprehended."
🕯️ "At around 9pm, a man wearing a T-shirt saying “Core Values of Socialism” was taken away by police in Victoria Park. Police did not say whether he was under arrest.
He was also taken away during last year’s Tiananmen crackdown anniversary."
(The "core socialist values" depicted on his shirt are: "prosperity", "democracy", "civility", "harmony", "freedom", "equality", "justice", "the rule of law", "patriotism", "dedication", "integrity" and "friendship")
The authoritarian's fear of even the smallest acts of remembrance speaks volumes. It means those acts are powerful, and significant.
If we are lucky enough to still be free, we must take all the political space we can.
Cindʎ Xiao 🍉
Renkon
Nico198X