Hong Kong national security police on Thursday arrested a veteran labour activist who is also the wife of an organizer of annual vigils commemorating China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, two people close to her said.
Officers arrested Elizabeth Tang, the wife of Lee Cheuk-yan, outside Stanley Prison on Hong Kong Island but it was unclear why, according to the people who declined to be identified for fear of government retribution.
The arrest was seen as part of a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy camp following massive anti-government protests in 2019. Many activists have been jailed or silenced under a sweeping National Security Law imposed by Beijing.She was a former leader of the now-defunct Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, the city's largest pro-democracy trade organization.
The alliance was best known for organizing large candlelight vigils in Hong Kong on the anniversary of the Chinese military's crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. Supporters say its closure shows the erosion of freedoms promised to Hong Kong when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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