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Pro-Beijing Activists Call For Citizens to "Monitor" and "Report" Products That Might "Incite Subversion of State Power"

The government had announced that this year's Book Fair would be held between 15 July and 21 July as usual. Pro-Beijing Organisations such as Politihk Social Strategic organised the movement "Independence-less Book Fair", calling for citizens to "monitor" and "report" products that may "incite subversion of state power" using their smartphones, claiming that they would "assist in passing on the information to the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and bringing quislings to justice."

Although the National Security Law has not finished drafting, and with pro-Beijing activists repeatedly emphasising that the National Security Law only targets a small amount of people, the Politihk Social Strategic stated that Hong Kong already has a "National Security Law", and that the "tolerated" pro-Independence promotion may already be commission of inciting subversion of state power. They had observed that "corruption-spreading publishers and political parties had exploited previous year's book fair to spread their illegal political views," and are teaming up with pro-Beijing organisations such as DQaction and Johnny Patriotic 101 to call for "parents" to exercise caution while picking children's books, while also "inviting" parents to report book stalls selling products that may "incite subversion of state power" to the MSS via them.

Source: Stand News
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