HKU Students Remember Those Killed On June 4

The Hong Kong University Students’ Union observed a moment of silence in front of the Pillar of Shame on Monday to remember the victims of the Tiananmen massacre of 1989.

Around a dozen students also cleaned the statue set up to remember the victims and laid flowers by it.

The union had declared that it would not be joining the annual vigil held at Victoria Park on Monday night.

The chairman of the Union, Davin Wong, said not attending the vigil doesn’t mean that they don’t think it’s important to remember the crackdown. He said it’s just that they disagree with the idea that commemorating June 4 has anything to do with patriotism.

Wong said their activity aims to remind people of the truth of the June 4 massacre in 1989 and is also a way to "pass on the university’s democratic tradition".