Hong Kong University orders removal of Tiananmen Square massacre statue | Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong has ordered the removal of a statue commemorating protesters killed in China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The 8-metre-high (26ft) copper statue was the centrepiece of Hong Kong's candlelit vigils on 4 June to commemorate those killed when Chinese troops backed by tanks opened fire on unarmed pro-democracy campaigners in Beijing. The statue, called the Pillar of Shame, shows 50 anguished faces and tortured bodies piled on one another, and has been on display at Hong Kong's oldest university for more than two decades. The decision was blasted by the statue's Danish sculptor Jens Galschià¸t, who…