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Hong Kong: Wall Street Journal piece on art seizure misleading

The Pillar of Shame was seized last week by Hong Kong authorities [File: Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Hong Kong’s top security official has accused The Wall Street Journal of misleading its readers with an opinion piece that condemned the seizure of a sculpture commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

Hong Kong national security police last week seized the Pillar of Shame, an artwork created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, as part of an investigation into alleged “incitement to subversion”.

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