Hong Kong police raid Tiananmen massacre museum
10 September 2021 |
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The shuttered museum was run by the group that organized the Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong. Separately, the group's vice-chairman and 11 others pleaded guilty of defying a ban on the vigils.
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