szeto also resigned from his position in the drafting committee with martin lee after the crackdown. they were strongly criticised by the beijing authorities, being called "subversive" and denied entry to the mainland. he also refused to enter mainland since. under his chairmanship, the alliance laid out several goals, including the rehabilitation the 1989 pro-democracy movement. he had also been responsible for the annual tiananmen memorials and the candlelight vigil at the victoria park since 1990. in 2009, it saw a resurgence of the attendees of the candlelight vigil. governor david wilson and chief executive tung chee-hwa had also asked szeto for three times to disband the alliance but was refused by szeto.