Hong Kong Judge Orders the Tiananmen Massacre Be Referred to as 'June 4th Incident'A member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKA), which the Hong Kong government caused to disband, is in court for refusing a National Security Office request, made in 2021, to hand over information. When former HKA vice-chairman Chow Hang-tung used the words “Tiananmen massacre” and “killing” when speaking in court, the judge banned the words from being used and asked that the massacre be referred to as the “June 4th Incident.”
During the trial, that began on Oct. 26, Chow Hang-tung repeatedly said “Tiananmen Massacre” and “killing” when questioning prosecution witnesses. Principal Magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen, designated national security law judge, ordered that those words not be used, and said “not to bring politics to court,” and said that everyone knows what’s being talked about and how you describe it doesn’t matter. “The ‘massacre’ cannot be downgraded to an ‘incident,'” said Chow. She also pointed out that “killing” is a neutral term. "If 'killing' is not used, how can I describe it?”...
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