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Sedition trial opens in Hong Kong for group held over 'pro-democracy' content in kids’ books

The illustrated books aimed at children between four and seven have been dubbed seditious publications [Vincent Yu/AP Photo]

The trial of five Hong Kong speech therapists who were arrested last July on sedition charges for writing a series of children’s books about the 2019 pro-democracy mass protests and other hot-button issues has begun.

The group of two men and three women, all members of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists, have been accused of attempting “to incite hatred of the government” through their illustrated books.

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