Childrens tales of sheep and wolves incite sedition, HK police say

Updated: July 22nd, 2021 06:05 PM IST

Children’s tales of sheep and wolves incite sedition, HK police say

Childrens tales of sheep and wolves incite sedition, HK police say Photo

By Donny Kwok and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong police arrested five people on Thursday on sedition charges, saying that children’s books they had published featuring wolves and sheep as characters were aimed at inciting hatred towards the city’s government amongst youngsters. The arrests were the latest involving suspected critics of Hong Kong’s government that have raised fears about the shrinking space for dissent since Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020 to put an end to pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city. Police said one book, “Defenders of the…

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