{"id":1146677,"date":"2021-12-23T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1146677"},"modified":"2021-12-23T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:50:21","slug":"university-of-hong-kong-removes-statue-dedicated-to-victims-of-tiananmen-square-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-hong-kong-removes-statue-dedicated-to-victims-of-tiananmen-square-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"University Of Hong Kong Removes Statue Dedicated To Victims Of Tiananmen Square Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-of-hong-kong-removes-statue-dedicated-to-victims-of-tiananmen-square-massacre%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1146677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Late into the night on Wednesday, around 11p.m. local time, security staff at the University of Hong Kong surrounded a statue dedicated to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre and obscured it with curtains and plastic barriers.<\/p>\n<p>Those in the area could hear the sounds of construction but were not told what was going on. Xinqi Su, Hong Kong correspondent for the Agence France-Presse, said the Pillar of Shame statute was covered up, and she was told not to film. She also said security guards tried to drive her away and wouldn\u2019t tell her what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA cargo container is placed on the ground outside a cafeteria next to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PillarOfShame?src=hashtag_click\">#PillarOfShame<\/a>. All the ways around the Pillar have been guarded and blocked and some students said windows facing the Pillar are boarded. The arrangements seem aiming to make sure no image can be captured,\u201d Su <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XinqiSu\/status\/1473700036567613452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Su followed up by saying security was so tight around the statue that a food deliverer wasn\u2019t allowed in to complete his job. The HKU council reportedly agreed earlier that day to remove the statue, Su reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arts-and-entertainment-beijing-hong-kong-national-security-8f6a67e2b4b6b1a73b7ca7c5a583026d?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=news_tab\">reported<\/a> that the statue was removed just \u201cdays after pro-Beijing candidates scored a landslide victory in the Hong Kong legislative elections, after amendments in election laws allowed the vetting of all candidates to ensure that they are \u2018patriots\u2019 loyal to Beijing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe removal also happened in the same week that Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam traveled to Beijing to report on developments in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, where authorities have silenced dissent following the implementation of a sweeping national security law that appeared to target much of the pro-democracy movement following mass protests in 2019,\u201d the outlet continued.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-foot-tall Pillar of Shame \u201cdepicts 50 torn and twisted bodies piled on top of each other, was made by Danish sculptor Jens Galschi\u00f8t to symbolize the lives lost during the bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing\u2019s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989,\u201d the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the university started demanding it be removed, against the wishes of activists and rights groups. The statue\u2019s creator told the university he would take the statue back to Denmark if he was granted legal immunity to not be persecuted under Hong Kong\u2019s national security law that persecutes those who dissent against Chinese oppression. So far, Galschi\u00f8t has been unsuccessful in reclaiming his art.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo party has ever obtained any approval from the university to display the statue on campus, and the university has the right to take appropriate actions to handle it at any time,\u201d HKU said in a statement released Thursday. \u201cLatest legal advice given to the university cautioned that the continued display of the statue would pose legal risks to the university based on the Crimes Ordinance enacted under the Hong Kong colonial government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university plans to put the statue in storage until it can be moved.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late into the night on Wednesday, around 11p.m. local time, security staff at the University of Hong Kong surrounded a statue dedicated to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre and obscured it with curtains and plastic barriers. 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