“The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has requested the now-disbanded organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil to remove the Pillar of Shame, an artwork which pays tribute to victims of Beijing’s bloody crackdown, from its campus. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and its liquidators Richard Tsoi and Elizabeth Tang said they received a letter from the university issued on Thursday, asking the defunct group to remove the statue by next Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. According to the letter, if the Alliance fails to remove the sculpture before the deadline, ‘the Sculpture will be deemed abandoned and the University will not consider any future request from you in respect of the Sculpture, and the University will deal with the Sculpture at such time and in such manner as it thinks fit without further notice.’ The eight-metre tall harrowing monument to those killed by the military during the bloody crackdown has stood on the campus for 24 years. The Tiananmen massacre occurred on June 4, 1989 ending months of student-led demonstrations in China” – Hong Kong Free Press.