Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday raided two bookstores, seized boxes of books and arrested five people on suspicion of sedition.
The police accused two men and three women of displaying items “with seditious intention” and selling publications with “seditious content” that included “inciting hatred” against the Hong Kong government, its judiciary and the police, according to a government statement.
It was the third time in recent months that the police have arrested proprietors of independent bookstores, as part of a broader crackdown in the city that has increasingly focused on literature. The authorities are using a 2024 national security law to squash any dissent. The offense of “seditious intention” is punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Please note they are focusing on literature because they've already done away with print news, tv, radio, street flyers, gatherings, and Internet forums not to their liking.
Please note they are focusing on literature because they've already done away with print news, tv, radio, street flyers, gatherings, and Internet forums not to their liking.
Please note they are focusing on literature because they've already done away with print news, tv, radio, street flyers, gatherings, and Internet forums not to their liking.