Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil organizer to disband after 32 years

Leading pro-democracy group dissolves under weight of national security law

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Richard Tsoi, a former board member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, at an Alliance meeting on Sept. 25. (Photo provided by the Hong Kong Alliance)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- The organizer of Hong Kong's annual commemoration of the Tiananmen Square crackdown will disband, the group said Saturday, after being under intense pressure from authorities since Beijing imposed its harsh national security law on the city.

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