Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil organisers charged with inciting subversion

Hong Kong Alliance leaders face charges under national security law Beijing imposed last year

Hong Kong police have charged the group that organises the city's annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent.

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said that the group, its chairman, Lee Cheuk-yan, as well as vice-chairs Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung were charged late on Thursday with inciting subversion of state power", under the national security law Beijing imposed more than a year ago.