For the past few years, China has cracked down on any attempts to commemorate the 1989 massacre of protesters. Now, the university says it posed 'legal risks.'
A statue at the University of Hong Kong memorializing those who lost their lives in the Tiananmen Square massacre was removed from the campus and put into storage Thursday.
Jens Galschioet, the sculptor who created the Pillar of Shame, told the Associated Press this was a message to students that Hong Kong is cracking down on dissent. Additionally, Chinese authorities banned candlelight vigils for the past two years and shut down a museum dedicated to the incident. Some of the museum's key members are now behind bars.
The Pillar of Shame became an issue in October, when activists and rights groups opposed a university demand that it be removed following"the latest risk assessment and legal advice." Galschioet offered to take it back to Denmark provided he would not be prosecuted under the national security law, but has not succeeded so far.
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