Hong Kong’s national security police arrest two for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s books

‘Hong Kong prosecutors have increasingly used the crime of ‘sedition’ ... to clamp down on peaceful dissent’

Hong Kong's national security police arrested two men for possessing children's books that the administration deemed seditious.

The men, aged 38 and 50, were arrested following raids at their homes in Kowloon and Hong Kong island. The police said they recovered “seditious publications” that "could incite hatred or contempt” against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments and the judiciary.

Several copies of the illustrated children's books were seized, the police said.