June 4, 36｜Reconstructing how at least 37 people were arrested, taken to police stations, escorted away or stopped and questioned; activist recalls being recognised by police and “arrested and released immediately”
六四 36｜重組最少 37 人被捕、帶署、送走、截查經過 社運人憶被警認出「即捕即解」
Last week marked the 36th anniversary of June 4. Police said they took 10 people away that day on suspicion of “breaching public peace” and arrested two. Why were these people taken to police stations that night? The Collective compiled accounts of police stopping and questioning people that day and revisited some of those questioned. People dressed in black, as well as a girl in a school uniform holding a bouquet of white flowers, were taken away. Some people who had previously been arrested or stopped and questioned were taken away immediately upon arriving in Causeway Bay or the area around Victoria Park. Artist Chan Mei-tung was stopped by police and taken into a police vehicle while reporters pursued her for an interview as she headed to Victoria Park to swim. The Social Democratic Party’s vice-chairman for internal affairs, Yu Wai-pan, was also taken back to a police station after officers recognised him as he walked along East Point Road. He recalled an officer saying, “You’re too famous. There may be a lot of reporters gathering around, which could breach public peace.” In addition, at least six people were “escorted” by police onto vehicles to leave this year, including wealthy businessman Lau Kung-chi and "Gau wu" group, known as “Uncle Ng”. The Collective asked police about the grounds and criteria for “escorting” and taking people away, as well as the specific actions by those taken away that constituted a breach of public peace. Police did not respond.
上周是六四 36 周年，警方指當日以「涉嫌破壞社會安寧」帶走十人，拘捕兩人。當晚這些市民為何要被帶返警署？《集誌社》整理警方當日截查市民的經過，及重訪部分被查人士，有人穿黑衣、有女生穿校服持白色花束均被帶走；部分過往曾被捕或被截查的人士，甫到達銅鑼灣或維園一帶，也即被帶走，如藝術家陳美彤前往維園游泳途中被記者追訪，即遭警截查帶上警車，社民連內務副主席余煒彬行經東角道，被警員認出後亦被帶返警署。他憶述警員稱「你太出名，可能好多記者圍埋嚟，會破壞社會安寧」。 此外，今年也有至少六人被警方「護送」搭車離開，包括富商劉公子、鳩嗚團「吳伯」等。《集誌社》向警方查詢，「護送」和帶走市民的理據和準則、被帶走人士具體破壞社會安寧的行為等，警方均沒有回應。