Fighting talk: core member of Hong Kong June 4 vigil group opposes calls to disband

Chow Hang-tung, vice-chairwoman of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, says disbandment is wrong move

Two other leaders on Monday appealed to members to back dissolution at emergency meeting to be held on Saturday

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Alliance members Leung Kwok-hung (left), Andrew Wan Siu-kin, Lee Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung. Photo: May Tse

Published: 12:00am, 24 Sep 2021Updated: 4:41am, 24 Sep 2021

A core member of the group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil has openly objected to calls by two other leaders to disband, saying the move will mean it loses its voice irreversibly.

Chow Hang-tung, vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, made her objections clear in a Facebook post on Thursday, two days before group members vote on disbandment.

On Monday, alliance chairman Lee Cheuk-yan and former vice-chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan appealed to members to back the dissolution at an emergency general meeting to be held at its June 4 museum in Mong Kok on Saturday.

Writing from behind bars, the duo said they believed the best solution for the alliance was to voluntarily dissolve given the current social environment. The motion to disband will require the approval of three-quarters of the voters present.

But in an open letter on her Facebook page, Chow said: “Please let me be frank: I still hold different opinions, and I do not see how dissolving the alliance on our own will help us continue promoting our beliefs.