Security guards stand in front of barriers erected around the Pillar of Shame statue at Hong Kong University on Dec. 23. The nighttime operation was condemned by Hong Kong democracy activists and labeled a "despicable act" by one former student leader who survived Tiananmen. The eight-meter Pillar of Shame by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot has sat on the University of Hong Kong (HKU) campus since 1997, the year the former British colony was handed back to China. Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker who fled to Britain last year, said the statue would live on in people's memories. Kacey Wong, a Hong Kong dissident artist who recently moved to Taiwan, called it "a shameful act of crime".

Source: Ethiopian News December 23, 2021 17:59 UTC