Those arrested are thought to be the first people to be detained just for owning the books, which tell a story about sheep trying to stop wolves entering their village.
have arrested two men accused of possessing children’s picture books that have previously been deemed “seditious publications.
” The men, aged 38 and 50, are thought to be the first people to be detained just for owning the books, which tell a story about sheep trying to stop wolves entering their village. In September, five speech therapists were each handed 19-month jail sentences for making the books, which authorities say are an allegory for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement against
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