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5,000 Hong Kong police officers to patrol streets to guard against unauthorised gatherings on anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown
- Officers will patrol streets, set up roadblocks and conduct stop-and-search checks at ‘high-risk locations’ over weekend, according to sources
- Security around Victoria Park, where the annual commemorative candlelight vigil used to take place, will be ramped up, insider says
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Hong Kong police are planning to deploy as many as 5,000 officers over the weekend to guard against potential trouble and unauthorised gatherings to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the Post has learned.
Sources familiar with police preparations said security would be ramped up around Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, where the annual candlelight vigil to mark the June 4, 1989 crackdown took place in past years.
A force insider said officers would set up roadblocks and conduct stop-and-search checks near the park.
“We will enhance security and patrol other high-risk locations, such as the government headquarters in Admiralty and Beijing’s liaison office in Sai Ying Pun,” the source said on Thursday.
He said officers, including personnel from the Counter Terrorism Response Unit, would also carry out high-profile patrols at sensitive locations as early as Saturday, adding that a heavy police presence had a deterrent effect.
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