Lawmakers Vote Down Tiananmen Commemoration

Members of the Legislative Council have again voted down a motion to vindicate the 1989 democracy movement on the mainland and to remember the June 4 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square.

Many pro-establishment lawmakers left the Legco meeting during the debate, and no government officials spoke during the discussion.

Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai, who moved the motion, said: "June 4 massacre memorial work is basically one of the tasks that pave our way on the road to democracy.

"We have to urge the country to take into account the concern about the June 4 massacre. If they cannot do so, no matter how rich, how powerful in terms of the economic strength, ahead of the human rights, they can never stand up."

Pan-democrats have been bringing forward the same motion every year for almost two decades, only to see it voted down.