On 21 May 1989, as concerns in Hong Kong about the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests were reaching fever pitch, the paper took a principled position opposing the enforcement of martial law by the PLA amid pro-democracy protests by students and political activists.
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Ta Kung Pao, along with the New Evening Post and Wen Wei Po were charged with inciting an uprising by negatively reporting on the colonial authorities' response to a fire in Tung Tau Tsuen.