The Stake Association was founded 32 years ago. The most familiar picture is that the June 4th candlelight party was held in Victoria Park for many years.
More than a year after the "Minato National Security Law" came into effect, several members of the Stake Standing Committee faced prosecution. This was the first time the Hong Kong government cited the crime of "inciting others to subvert state power."
Today (25th), the remaining stake representatives passed the dissolution and officially ended.
Established in 1989 in solidarity with the inland pro-democracy movement, it has gone through 32 years until a dispute arose and was investigated and prosecuted by the National Security Department. At present, many core members of the stake are in prison.
In the past, the candlelight of Victoria Park was like a sea, or it will stay in history forever.
On May 21, 1989, Hong Kong saw the first historic one-million-person parade, during which the stake was announced.
(Stake website)
Begins with the Tiananmen Patriotic and Democratic Movement
The full name of the Stake is "Hong Kong Citizens Support Patriotic Democracy Movement Federation". It was established in solidarity with the patriotic democracy movement of the 1989 pro-democracy movement in the Mainland. The founder was the late Situ Hua.
At the turn of the spring and summer of 1989, a democratic protest movement broke out in China. On May 20, the Chinese government declared martial law in Beijing. The next day there was the first one-million-people parade in Hong Kong. The stake was announced during the parade.
On May 28, the Stake hosted the "Global Chinese Parade". A total of 1.5 million people took to the streets in Hong Kong. This was the first large-scale demonstration in Hong Kong with more than one million people responding.
The five outlines of the Stake:
Release the pro-democracy activists, rehabilitate the 1989 pro-democracy movement, hold the slaughter accountable, end the one-party dictatorship, and build a democratic China
Since 1990, the Stake Association has held a mourning party on June 4 every year. The scene is like a sea of candles.
The picture shows the June 4th rally on the 30th anniversary in 2019. The meeting announced that more than 180,000 people attended.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Li Zetong)
Unchanging wind and rain, holding the June 4th party this year, the candlelight disappeared for the first time in Victoria Park
Since the June 4th Incident, the Alliance of Stakes has held a candlelight evening in Victoria Park every year on the evening of June 4 since 1990. The storm has not changed for many years.
In the past, the number of participants in candlelight evenings fluctuated considerably, and was once criticized for "showing etiquette as etiquette." Some people were also dissatisfied with some of the network leaders of the stake and were boycotted by student representatives.
However, the June 4th party is still well-known year after year, and is described by the international community as an important indicator of "one country, two systems."
According to figures released by the conference, the June 4th rallies with the most people participated in 2014 and 2019, with 180,000 people.
However, for two consecutive years, the police have opposed the Stake’s June 4th Candlelight Gala in Victoria Park on the grounds of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The government has warned that it is illegal to attend unauthorized gatherings.
June 4th this year was the first June Fourth after the "Hong Kong National Security Law" took effect. Police deployed defenses in Causeway Bay and Tin Hau. For the first time, there was no more candles at the Victoria Park Stadium on June Fourth, which was very different from the previous scenes.
Extended reading: [Pictures] The June 4th rallies were banned again, the 32-year classic review of the Hong Kong Student Support Movement
Several members of the Standing Committee forcibly broke into the Victoria Park last year and were charged with illegal assembly
When the June Fourth Evening Party was banned from holding a candlelight evening party in 2020, some people from the Stake Association and the Democrats attended the ceremony as usual, including He Junren, the first member of the Stake Standing Committee and Secretary, Zhang Wenguang and Yang Sen, and others. He was charged with "inciting others to knowingly participate in an unauthorized assembly" and "knowingly participating in an unauthorized assembly".
▼In the past three years, the night of June 4th went from infinite to empty by candlelight ▼
▼2016-2020 June 4th Evening Party Victoria Park Football Stadium▼
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▼The theme of the June 4th Party from 2016 to 2020▼
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▼2016-2020 Victoria Park June 4th Party and other scenes▼
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June 4th Memorial Hall accused of violation
On the 30th anniversary of the June 4th Incident, the "June 4th Memorial Hall" relocated by the Alliance of Stakes in Mong Kok. Important exhibits include the relics of Wang Nan, a student who was pierced by a bullet during the June 4th incident, including the helmet with bullet holes and broken glasses he wore at the time. And bullet shells.
The Stake reopened the June 4th Memorial Hall on May 30 this year. However, two days later, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department sent personnel to inspect the museum. It also alleged that the Memorial Hall had not received a license for entertainment venues and was suspected of violating the "Public Entertainment Places Ordinance." Unable to reopen.
Until September 9, officers from the National Security Office of the police went to the "June 4th Memorial Hall" to search for evidence and seized many exhibits, including exhibits and display panels.
After the incident, the main gate of the memorial hall was installed with a new lock and a note saying "Contact Mong Kok Police Station" was posted.
On September 20, the stake was allowed to re-enter the unit.
▼Exhibits at the June Fourth Memorial Hall on April 26, 2019▼
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▼On September 9th, 2021, the National Security Office will search for evidence at the June Fourth Memorial Hall▼
Questioned by the National Security Department as a "foreign agent"
In August of this year, the National Security Department of the police sent a letter to a number of members of the Stake Standing Committee and related organizations, stating that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Stake is a "foreign agent," and requesting an account of a large number of records of finances, meetings, and activities in the past eight years.
On September 5, a number of Stake Standing Committee members held a press conference, stating that they would not submit information as required by the police and questioning the abuse of power by the police.
Zou Xingtong, vice chairman of the Stake Association, said, "If you come into contact with a foreign country (organization), you are a foreign agent. The whole world is a foreign agent."
On September 8, Zou Xingtong, vice chairman of the stake, was taken away by the police.
The Department of Justice sued the Stake Chairman Li Cheuk-ren, Vice-Chairmen He Chunren and Zou Xingtong, and the Stake the following day for "inciting others to subvert state power."
(Information Picture/Photo by Huang Weimin)
Meeting to discuss the dissolution of several Standing Committee members accused of "inciting others to subvert state power"
The stakes are under increasing pressure. On the same day, Xingtong Zou announced that the resolution of the dissolution of the stakes will be passed to the general meeting. The parties will hold a special general meeting on September 25 to discuss.
However, the National Security Department took the lead in arresting several members of the Stake Standing Committee on September 8, accusing them of failing to provide information as required.
Until September 9, the stake chairman Li Zhuoren, vice chairman He Junren and Zou Xingtong, and the stake were charged with "inciting others to subvert state power."
At the Stake Special Membership Meeting held at the June Fourth Memorial Hall in Mong Kok on September 25, with 41 votes in favor, 4 votes against, and zero abstentions, it was formally dissolved by a large number of votes; Cai Yaochang and Deng Yan'e were appointed without objection. Act as liquidator.
The stake follows into history.
Stake case | Social activists continue to support Zou Xingtong on the police car and look at reporters from the Stake. 7 people accused of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law. Zou Xingtong and 4 Standing Committee members were refused bail. 7 Stakes were arrested, including Li Zhuoren and Zou Xingtong. Alleged that he was involved in inciting subversion of state power, Li Zhuoren, He Junren, Zou Xingtong and the stake were charged with "inciting subversion of state power". Standing Committee Member Xu Hanguang was arrested this morning on Lantau Island, the fifth person so far
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