The arrests are the first instance where Hong Kong citizens have been arrested for owning books deemed seditious by authorities.
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The Yangcun books previously roiled Hong Kong last year, when five speech therapists who published the books were jailed for 19 months after a Beijing-backed judge found they were “conspiring to publish, distribute and display three books with seditious intent,” The GuardianThe latest arrests, however, appear to be the first case where citizens have been arrested simply for owning books deemed seditious by authorities, the outlet noted.
Residents, however, have seen these rights rolled back in recent years following Beijing’s introduction of its 2020 national security law, intended to crack down on widespread pro-democracy protests that rocked Hong Kong beginning in 2019.
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