Hong Kong court sentences speech therapists to 19 months in prison over 'seditious' children's books
CNN
A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced five speech therapists to 19 months in prison over children's books deemed to be seditious, in a case that rights defenders say marks a major blow to free speech amid a tightening of civil liberties in the Chinese territory.
On Wednesday, Lorie Lai, Melody Yeung, Sidney Ng, Samuel Chan and Marco Fong were found guilty of "conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications."
Judge W. K. Kwok called the defendants' actions "a brainwashing exercise with a view to guiding the very young children to accept their views and values, i.e. (Beijing) has no sovereignty over (Hong Kong)."
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