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CNN reports : Hong Kong University to remove ‘Pillar of Shame’ Tiananmen Square sculpture The University of Hong Kong will remove the famous “Pillar of Shame” sculpture memorializing victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre from its campus, a letter written by its legal team said Friday. The letter came from Mayer Brown LLP — a London-based international law firm acting on behalf of the university — and stated the statue had to be removed “before 5 pm on 13 October 2021,” or it would be deemed “abandoned” and dealt with in “such a manner” that the university sees fit....
