Hong Kong sentenced to 19 months in prison for five speech therapists for writing children’s books “Sheep and Wolves”
11 Sept. BBC and The Guardian Five speech therapists, Lai Manling, Melody Yeung, Sidney Ng, Samuel Chan and Fong Ziho each were sentenced to 19 months in prison following a court in Hong Kong found guilty of doing so. Electronic books (ebooks) with incitement content for children on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
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The verdict came following the five speech therapists produced three cartoon e-books that attempted to explain Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. One of them is “12 Warriors from the Sheep Village,” the story of a flock of sheep who fight to keep the wolves from conquering the sheep village. But in the end, 12 sheep got on the boat and fled from before being arrested at sea and sent to prison Officials interpreted the sheep and wolves as references to Hong Kong and the Chinese government.
The report said the 12 sheep likely refer to a group of 12 Hong Kong protesters who tried to flee in speedboats to Taiwan. But was intercepted by the police in August. 2020 interpretation officer
The five speech therapists insisted on Sept. 10 that the books document history in a public perspective and help children understand systemic injustices. But Judge Kwok Wai Kin, appointed by the government. Alleged that these books were brainwashing exercises. And the five speech therapists sowed the seeds of shakiness in Hong Kong and across China.
However, the lawyer said The five were released within a month, having served more than a year in prison pending verdict.
