The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC), which has been suppressed under the new political situation in Hong Kong, has recently received an application from Leung Yiu-chung, who has been a member of its Standing Committee for 30 years, to withdraw from the association, becoming the second member of the group to do so after the National Security Law of Hong Kong. The organization has decided to apply to the police to continue to hold the June 4 candlelight memorial service in Victoria Park tomorrow, but on the eve of the application, the pro-establishment media quoted unnamed sources as saying that the police are not expected to approve the June 4 rally.
One of the five platforms of the Alliance is to “end one-party dictatorship”. Some pro-China scholars believe that this is in conflict with the Chinese Constitution, which guarantees the rule of the Communist Party of China, and that its members may be disqualified from running for elections at all levels because of the violation of the Chinese Constitution and the Hong Kong National Security Law.
Last week, former Legislative Council member Leung Yiu-chung was sentenced to 8 months in prison and suspended for one year for his participation in the “running rally” held in Victoria Park on August 18 of the previous year, and was thus deprived of his Kwai Tsing District Council seat. The office of the councillor had to be closed down and cease operation, so he had to withdraw from the Association as a member from that day.
Leung Yiu-chung, who has been elected and re-elected to the Standing Committee since the second term of the Alliance, did not stand for election to the Standing Committee of the Alliance at the end of last year after 30 years of service. The withdrawal of his office is the second member to quit the Alliance after the withdrawal of Democratic Front Chairman Mak Yip-sing after the National Security Law came into effect.
However, the Alliance informed us that the League of Social Democrats had just joined it. With two members withdrawing and one organization joining, the number of the Alliance’s members now stands at 206, one less than when the election for the new term was held at the end of last year. The URSF was founded in 1989 during the June 4 Incident, and had 216 member groups at its inception.
In addition, the Secretary of the Alliance Tsai Yiu-cheong tomorrow (27) day will apply to the police to hold the June 4 candlelight memorial service and related activities in Victoria Park as usual, but on the eve of the application, the Sing Tao Daily reported today, citing unnamed sources, said that because the epidemic is still recurring, it is not appropriate for crowds to gather, “the police are not expected to approve this year’s June 4 rally activities “. A member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC) teased that the authorities had released the news of rejecting the application before the HKASPDMC formally applied, just like the court refusing bail to imprison the democrats before trial, which is really abhorrent. Lee Cheuk-yan, chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC), who was imprisoned for participating in the “8.18 rally” the year before, recently sent a letter to the public from prison, stating clearly that “May 1 holds the purpose, June 4 lights the candle, July 1 supports the space”, calling on the public to support the above-mentioned three-day event in an appropriate way.
Since 1990, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China has held a candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park every year on June 4, which was rejected by the police last year on the grounds of epidemic prevention. Among the 26 people, five will plead guilty and be sentenced in the West Kowloon Court on the 30th of this month, while the rest of the defendants are still waiting to be scheduled for trial.
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