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Lady Liberty rallies pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong
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HONG KONG - Since Aug 31, she had been spotted making the rounds at protests in Hong Kong, towering 4m above the crowd, with a black flag fluttering in the wind.
Lady Liberty, a statue of a protester with helmet and gas mask, was created so that the pro-democracy movement could have its own symbol of democracy instead of borrowing from other cultures, said its creator who wanted to be known only as Alex.
