Arrests made for possession of 'seditious' children's book in Hong Kong.
Two men have been arrested in Hong Kong for possessing children's books deemed seditious by the authorities, which allegedly "incited hatred or contempt" against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments and the judiciary. The books were ruled as seditious in a high-profile trial in 2022, in which five speech therapists were jailed for 19 months. Sedition cases are overseen by designated national security judges, and defendants charged under the colonial-era legislation also face a more stringent national security bail assessment. The arrests are believed to be the first time that police have detained citizens for possessing books deemed "seditious" by the authorities.