{"id":600402,"date":"2021-07-22T15:36:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600402"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:36:26","slug":"five-arrested-in-hong-kong-for-producing-pro-democracy-childrens-books-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-arrested-in-hong-kong-for-producing-pro-democracy-childrens-books-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Arrested In Hong Kong For Producing Pro-Democracy Children\u2019s Books: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-arrested-in-hong-kong-for-producing-pro-democracy-childrens-books-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13061CD4-D3BB-428F-A288-F3CBD3648052_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Police in Hong Kong arrested several people on Thursday over the production of specific children\u2019s books, according to reports coming out of the area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Three women and two men, between the ages of 25 and 28, were arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The actions come as part of Beijing\u2019s 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 \u201cnational security,\u201d Amnesty International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/07\/hong-kong-national-security-law-10-things-you-need-to-know\/\"><span class=\"s1\">noted<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFirst convictions under the law can carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison, police said,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/hong-kong-police-arrest-union-members-seditious-children-s-books-n1274693\"><span class=\"s1\">NBC News.<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/childrens-books-hong-kong\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by Fox News, \u201cThe Agence France-Press&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/hong-kongers-arrested-sedition-over-033057017.html\"><span class=\"s2\">reported<\/span><\/a> that the books in question are essentially about sheep surrounded by fierce wolves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AFP News report, via Yahoo News, <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/hong-kongers-arrested-sedition-over-033057017.html\">explained<\/a> the books:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28\">\n<p><em>Published by the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists, the books try to explain Hong Kong\u2019s democracy movement to children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Democracy supporters are portrayed as sheep living in a village surrounded by wolves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The first book, titled \u201cGuardians of Sheep Village\u201d explains the 2019 pro-democracy protests that swept through Hong Kong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJanitors of Sheep Village\u201d, the second book, sees cleaners in the village go on strike to force out wolves who leave litter everywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The book\u2019s introduction explains it is a reference to Hong Kong medical workers striking last year in a bid to force the government to close the border with mainland China at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The final book in the trilogy \u2014 \u201cThe 12 Braves of Sheep Village\u201d \u2014 is about a group of sheep who flee their village by boat because of the wolves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is a direct reference to 12 Hong Kongers who made a failed bid to escape by speedboat last year to Taiwan but were detained by the Chinese coastguard and jailed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Steve Li, a senior superintendent of the national security department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/hong-kong-police-arrest-union-members-seditious-children-s-books-n1274693\"><span class=\"s1\">told<\/span><\/a> a press conference Thursday that the people who were arrested were part of a speech therapists\u2019 union that produced children\u2019s books that included wolves and sheep.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLi said the content of the books were \u2018stirring up hatred\u2019 towards the government and \u2018inciting violence,\u2019\u201d per NBC News.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey are using children\u2019s cartoons to simplify and beautify illegal behavior on political issues,\u201d he said. \u201cFor example, the evil acts of thugs during the 2019 protests and painting the 12 Hong Kong fugitives as heroes. They are poisoning our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Li also pressed stores that carry the books and parents who may have purchased the books to throw the items out.<\/p>\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/07\/hong-kong-national-security-law-10-things-you-need-to-know\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Amnesty International<\/span><\/a>, the 2020 national security law is especially restrictive and unclear. Among other concerns, \u201c[u]nder this new law \u2018secession\u2019, \u2018subversion\u2019, \u2018terrorism\u2019 and \u2018collusion with foreign forces\u2019 incur maximum penalties of life imprisonment,\u201d the group reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many have noted that the national security law appears to be intended to quell pro-democracy movements and stifle any criticism of the government. This is not the first time that the new law has made headlines around the world. Last month, Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily was raided by Hong Kong police, and five newspaper executives and editors at the newspaper were taken into custody under Hong Kong\u2019s national security law, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/16\/1007445666\/5-newspaper-executives-are-arrested-under-hong-kong-security-law\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;by NPR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hong-kong-newspaper-prints-5x-daily-copies-after-police-raid\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, supporters of democratic rights went to purchase Apple Daily copies after the raid in order to push back against the police encounter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/hk-pro-democracy-tabloid-apple-daily-increases-production-after-police-raid-2021-06-18\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe popular 26-year-old paper, which combines liberal discourse with celebrity gossip and investigations of those in power, increased its Friday press run to 500,000 copies, up from 80,000 the previous day.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou never know when this newspaper will die,\u201d one reader, who only gave his surname, told Reuters. \u201cAs Hong Kongers, we need to preserve the history. Hang in there as long as we can. Although the road is rough, we still need to walk it, as there\u2019s no other road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Hong Kong arrested several people on Thursday over the production of specific children\u2019s books, according to reports coming out of the area.\u00a0Three women and two men, between the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}