The eight-meter-high Column of Shame was veiled at night on public campus at the University of Hong Kong.
Significant The University of Hong Kong has covered a statue of Shame on its campus, according to the news agency Reuters.
An eight-meter statue reminiscent of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre was fenced the night before and was clad so that the public could no longer see the work.
Statue is a Danish sculptor Jens Galschiotin handwriting. It has been in Hong Kong since 1997, when the former British colony came under Chinese rule.
A pillar of shame honors the victims of Tiananmen. In June 1989, Chinese soldiers killed hundreds or even thousands of people who took part in the Tiananmen, or Tiananmen Square, demonstrations in Beijing.
The red statue features dozens of human figures whose postures and expressions reflect pain.
Shame the cladding of the pillar is yet another sign of how China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong.
According to the news agency AFP, the operation on Thursday night may anticipate moving the statue completely out of the university grounds.
Statue of Shame in 2009.
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