Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Anthony Kwan / Stringer via Getty Images Police in Hong Kong arrested several people on Thursday over the production of specific children’s books, according to reports coming out of the area.
Three women and two men, between the ages of 25 and 28, were arrested.
The actions come as part of Beijing’s new national security law that went into effect last June and has been used to crack down on pro-democracy agitators in Hong Kong. The law, essentially, allows Chinese officials to decide, in broad terms, what is a threat to “national security,” Amnesty International noted .
“First convictions under the law can carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison, police said,” per NBC News. As reported by Fox News, “The Agence France-Press reported that the books in question are essentially about sheep surrounded by fierce wolves.”The AFP News report, via Yahoo News, […]
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