The two-tonne copper Pillar of Shame was first exhibited at a Tiananmen Square commemoration in Hong Kong in 1997, the same year Britain handed the city back to China.
In 2021, the University of Hong Kong dismantled and removed the statue “based on external legal advice and risk assessment for the best interest of the university”. It has since been kept in a cargo container on university-owned land.
Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot, who created the work, said he had not been informed about its seizure by police.
这座重达2吨的铜羞耻柱于1997年在香港天安门广场首次展出，同年英国将这座城市归还中国。
香港大学于2021年拆除了该雕像,并”以大学的最佳利益为依据,根据外部法律咨询和风险评估” 此后，它被保存在大学拥有的土地上的货运集装箱中。
丹麦雕塑家延斯·加尔肖特（Jens Galschiot）创作了这幅作品。 他说，警方没有通知他没收这幅画。