University of Hong Kong appears to demolish Tiananmen Massacre monument in dead of night

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Workers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) removed the Tiananmen Massacre monument late on Wednesday night, months after the university said the statue must go.
Pillar of Shame.
Jens Galschiøt’s Pillar of Shame monument has stood on campus for over two decades, though – in October – university authorities demanded its removal amid a crackdown on those commemorating the 1989 massacre.
The University of Hong Kong ordered the removal of the Pillar of Shame, an eight-metre tall sculpture commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, from its campus in October.
See also: Explainer: How Hong Kong sought to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen MassacreA walk around the sealed off area around the HKU Pillar of Shame.