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Organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil fined HK$8,000 for operating June 4 museum without proper licence
- Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China pleads guilty to summons on unlicensed places of public entertainment
- Case initiated by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in response to complaint
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The group that organises Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil has been fined HK$8,000 (US$1,025) after it admitted operating its June 4 museum without a proper licence.
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A lawyer for the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which was not required to attend court, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a summons on unlicensed places of public entertainment.
The case, initiated by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in response to a complaint, resulted in the alliance’s first conviction.
Kowloon City Court heard the now-closed June 4 museum, which commemorates the 1989 crackdown, did not have the relevant licence under the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance, as required for exhibitions.
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On May 31, three plain-clothes department officers arrived at the 10th floor of Ngai Wong Commercial Building in Mong Kok to find the museum open to the public.
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