The Pillar of Shame statue, depicting 50 torn and twisted bodies, pulled down after 'latest risk assessment and legal advice'
A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark.
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