Police seize second statue

Hong Kong police have seized a second statue dedicated to victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in what critics called an attack on freedom of expression.

Days before the crackdown's 21st anniversary, Hong Kong democracy activists have accused authorities of taking a less tolerant approach to protests this year.

On Saturday, Hong Kong police confiscated a large statue and a carving erected in memory of the Tiananmen victims on the grounds that activists didn't have a licence to display them. They also arrested 13 people who tried to protect the two pieces. Defiant activists paraded a second statue during a protest on Sunday, and left it by a popular shopping centre late in the day. Hong Kong police took it about an hour later.