Come to express anger over Xi Jinping, Hong Kong June 4 vigil organiser says

The organisers of the annual candlelight vigil marking the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown have called for more Hongkongers to attend and express their anger at President Xi Jinping before his expected visit to the city in late June.

The organisers also hope to reignite youngsters’ passion for democracy by inviting a high school boy band to perform. The rise of localism has driven university student unions away from the vigil .

“It is a very important opportunity to tell Xi Jinping that Hong Kong people are very angry at what he has done in both China and Hong Kong ... The suppression of human rights in China and the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong.” Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China secretary Lee Cheuk-yan said.

“Hong Kong people know very well that the whole so-called chief executive election was fake ... and was controlled by Beijing,” he added.