created by danish sculptor, jens galschiot, was ordered back in october. construction workers are said to have laboured overnight to dismantle the piece, known as the pillar of shame. the artwork, which depicts piled up corpses and anguished faces, was one of hong kong s few remaining public memorials to tiananmen square. the bbc s danny vincent is in hong kong and gave us this update. in october, the university contacted the sculptor to declare that essentially this statue, following legal advice, needed to be removed. after that, they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it wasn t clear when the statue would be removed but end of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statue. they put up yellow barriers, surrounding the statue,
tiananmen square has reportedly been removed from a university campus in hong kong. the removal of the eight metre high copper statue, created by danish sculptorjens galschiot, was ordered back in october. construction workers are said to have laboured overnight to dismantle the piece, known as the pillar of shame. the artwork, which depicts piled up corpses and anguished faces, was one of hong kong s few remaining public memorials to tiananmen square. the united nations security council has passed a resolution to allow aid to afghanistan without breaching sanctions against the taliban. the resolution could unlock desperately needed help for millions of afghans facing hunger this winter after the taliban take over. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet says finding a way round international sanctions has been a big stumbling block.