Hong Kong court convicts unionists over children's books

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 08, 2022 12:12 am

HONG KONG: Five Hong Kong unionists were found guilty of sedition on Wednesday for producing a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves.

The convictions are the latest using a colonial-era sedition offense that authorities have deployed alongside a new national security law to stamp out dissent.

This July 22, 2021 file photo shows Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the Hong Kong police’s National Security Department, holding three children's books about a village of sheep that has to deal with wolves from a different village during a news conference in Hong Kong. AP PHOTO

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