Top HK court overturns convictions of 3 former Tiananmen 1989 vigils organisers

HONG KONG, Mar 06 (AP): Hong Kong's top court on Thursday overturned the convictions of three former organizers of an annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown over their refusal to provide information to police, marking a rare victory for the city's pro-democracy activists.

Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong - core members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China - were convicted in 2023 during Beijing's crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement. They received a sentence of 4 ½ months and have already served their terms.

The alliance was long known for organizing candlelight vigils in the city on the anniversary of the Chinese military's crushing of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing.