Workers at the University of Hong Kong removed a Tiananmen Massacre monument late on Wednesday night, months after the university said the statue must go.
Views of the area were obscured with curtains and plastic barriers at around 11 pm.
Alvin Lum of CitizenNews reported that the university’s ruling body had agreed to that the statue would be demolished amid political pressure from Beijing’s local offices.
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 of students by Mainland Chinese military.
The artist said he was saddened by the statues removal, and demanded compensation because he claims he still owns the statue.
The removal is seen by many as yet another example of the mainland Chinese Communist party's stranglehold on Hong Kong, which was promised an independent government until 2045 when it became free of British colonial control in 1997.
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