Hong Kong police have arrested or detained more than a dozen protesters at the park that once hosted annual memorial ceremonies for the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary.

STORY: A pro-democracy activist was arrested by Hong Kong police along with at least four others as authorities tightened security on the 34th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square.

Hong Kong police detained more than 20 people on Sunday, the 34th anniversary of the crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, as authorities took a forceful approach to prevent any public commemoration of the deadly event.

China has tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests

Authorities on Sunday hauled in demonstrators in and around Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, traditionally the venue for vigils commemorating the pro-democracy protests.

Police in Hong Kong have arrested pro-democracy activists on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Authorities have banned public commemoration of the 1989 incident, which saw China crush peaceful protests in Beijing with tanks and troops.

Pro-Beijing groups in Hong Kong opened a food “carnival” in a public park that used to hold an annual candlelight vigil for the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown