Goal of Tiananmen vigil group an ‘empty slogan’, not actual plan: defence lawyer

Goal of Tiananmen vigil group an ‘empty slogan’, not actual plan: defence lawyer

Leaders of the now-disbanded group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil have said ending one-party rule was an “empty slogan” and that they had never incited anyone to overthrow the Chinese government during their three-decade campaign. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, its former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, former vice-chairman Albert Ho Chun Yan and former vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung, told judges on Friday that by advocating an end to “one-par...

By Fiona Chow