Hong Kong says public libraries must comply with security law, East Asia News & Top Stories


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HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong has said all public libraries must comply with its national security law after a pro-China lawmaker highlighted that a local branch had prominently displayed books written by media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai. On Thursday evening (June 24), Hong Kong's government said it was investigating reports of a local public library displaying books written by a person awaiting trial for suspected breaches of the national security law. Earlier on Thursday, pro-China lawmaker Cheung Kwok Kwan posted a photo on Facebook of a book display featuring several books related to Lai. Mr Cheung, a...