BEIJING'S 'state of emergency' to cover the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre has been extended until September, say security sources.
President Jiang Zemin told senior security and army cadres of the decision at a meeting in Zhongnanhai, the Party headquarters.
It included top leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and the People's Armed Police, plus officers from the Beijing military region with the rank of army commander or above.
Since the 1989 crackdown, security has been stepped up in the Beijing region every year from late May to around June 6.
The main reason for the extension this year is the health of patriarch Deng Xiaoping.
Mr Jiang, accompanied at the meeting by General Liu Huaqing, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made no direct reference to Mr Deng.