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Hong Kong -- Giant images of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei have been projected onto landmark buildings in Hong Kong by protesters campaigning for his release, a news report said Friday.
The images -- with the slogan 'Who's afraid of Au Weiwei?' -- have been beamed at night onto buildings including the City Hall and the former Star Ferry Pier, the South China Morning Post reported.
The projections, up to 10 metres high, have also been put on buildings next to police headquarters and the barracks of China's People's Liberation Army, the newspaper said.
The action, which appears to break no law, is part of a campaign by activists calling for the release of the artist detained since trying to board a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong on April 3.
Although Ai Weiwei is a vocal critic of the Chinese government, officials insist his arrest is not political but is instead linked to alleged economic crimes.
No charges against him have been reported to date.
Police in Hong Kong have set up a team of officers to try to catch graffiti artists responsible for a spate of drawings on buildings around the city calling for Ai Weiwei's release.
Hong Kong, a former British colony, reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 but has freedoms of protest and expression in its mini-constitution that are denied to people elsewhere in China.
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