Photos: Biggest-Ever June 4 Candlelight Vigil in Hong Kong 180,000-Strong

Photo Gallery: More than 180,000 were present at the biggest-ever annual Tiananmen Square massacre candlelight vigil, in memory of the student protesters who were killed on June 4, 1989.

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Photos: Biggest-Ever June 4 Candlelight Vigil in Hong Kong 180,000-Strong — Over 180,000 people participated in this year’s candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, where unprecedented mass demonstrations were cleared up by soldiers dispatched by the Chinese Communist regime. This year’s attendance set a new record. Sung Pi Lung/The Epoch Times

By Epoch Times Staff

6/4/2012Updated: 10/1/2015

<a><img class="size-large wp-image-1786659" title="June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_0710" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_0710.jpg" alt="Over 180,000 people participated in this year's candlelight vigil" width="590" height="393"/></a>

Over 180,000 people participated in this year's candlelight vigil

More than 180,000 were present at the annual Tiananmen Square massacre candlelight vigil, in memory of the student protesters who were killed on June 4, 1989. The crowd was mixed, including were survivors, politicians, students, and residents of Hong Kong and mainland China. According to the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, the organizer of this year’s vigil, attendance reached a record high.

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Tiananmen Square Massacre Candlelight Vigil in Hong Kong 180,000-Strong

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_2914.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-246933" title="June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_2914" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_2914-676x450.jpg" alt="More than 180,000 participants filled up Victoria Park" width="590" height="392"/></a>

More than 180,000 participants filled up Victoria Park

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_2861.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-246934" title="June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_2861" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_2861-299x450.jpg" alt="On June 4th 2012, candles were held up" width="750" height="1127"/></a>

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_0686.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-246948" title="Fang Zheng, Tiananmen Square survivor, attends the memorial in person for the first time." src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/June_4_Tiananmen_Square_Vigil_Hong_Kong_DSC_0686-609x450.jpg" alt="Fang Zheng, Tiananmen Square survivor, attends the memorial in person for the first time." width="590" height="435"/></a>

Fang Zheng, Tiananmen Square survivor, attends the memorial in person for the first time.

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