We have confirmed that many books in the Hong Kong Public Library’s collection, including “The Lowly Chinese” and “Nazi China” by mainland writer Yu Jie, “This Empire Must Be Divided” by exiled writer Liao Yiwu, and “A Theory of Hong Kong’s Nation” by Hong Kong University’s Yuan, have been “404” in the Hong Kong Public Library’s catalog.
Hong Kong time Saturday (8) early morning, our reporter into the Hong Kong Public Library public network, search for a number of so-called “banned books”, the results are displayed “no matching search results”, that is, the popular method of speaking, these books were “404”.
Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department replied to the online media “position”, confirmed that the service of nine books have been suspended, and pointed out that with the “National Security Law” legislation, the library must ensure that the library collection to comply with the provisions of the relevant legislation.
The so-called “banned books” that were taken off the shelves include: “The Lowly Chinese” and “Nazi China” by Chinese author Yu Jie, “This Empire Must Be Divided” by exiled mainland author Liao Yiwu, “Hong Kong’s Nationalism” by the University of Hong Kong’s Academy, “I Declare War on Hegemony” by former Hong Kong legislator Albert Ho, “I Declare War on Hegemony” by former legislator Chan Suk-chong’s “Chan Suk-chong’s Sensitive Zone”, “History of Hong Kong’s Civil Disobedience Movement – An Anatomy of Thirty Years of Frustration” by online political commentator Lam Kuang-ching, “History of Hong Kong’s Civil Disobedience Movement 2 China-Hong Kong Showdown” and “Radicalization: A History of Hong Kong’s Progressive Democracy Movement”.
In July last year, the Hong Kong government invoked the Hong Kong Regional State Security Law and has already taken down a number of books by Wong Chi-fung and Chan Suk-chong.
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