Hong Kong police arrest five people on sedition charges, saying they published children's books aimed at inciting hatred towards the city's government
Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of Police National Security Department, poses with evidence including three children's books on stories that revolve around a village of sheep which has to deal with wolves from a different village, before a press conference in Hong Kong on July 22, 2021.
Thursday's arrests were the latest involving suspected critics of Hong Kong's government that have raised fears about the shrinking space for dissent since China imposed a national security law in June 2020 to put an end to Beijing-critical protests in the semi-autonomous city. Footage from broadcaster TVB showed police taking one of those detained back to the union's office, before emerging with boxes of evidence.Police officers leave a building with a hooded suspect, centre, after searching evidence in Hong Kong on July 22, 2021. The association had published three children's books on stories that revolve around a village of sheep which has to deal with wolves from a different village.
Senior police superintendent Steve Li told a media briefing that police were concerned by the books because of the information inside for children which "turns their mind and develop a moral standard to be against society".They highlighted two other books produced by the union in addition to "Defenders of the Sheep Village".
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