Hong Kong Book Fair organisers urge exhibitors to be ‘self-disciplined’ with national security law in place

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Hong Kong Book Fair organisers urge exhibitors to be ‘self-disciplined’ with national security law in place

Organisers of the Hong Kong Book Fair, which returns on July 14 after a coronavirus-related absence last year, have said police could be called in to deal with exhibits if attendees complain they are violating the national security law or the city’s obscenity ordinance.Benjamin Chau Kai-leung, deputy executive director of the Trade Development Council (TDC), said books at the seven-day fair would not be vetted or censored by organisers but exhibitors had to be “self-disciplined” under the…
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