Hong Kong Says Public Libraries Must Comply With Security Law

Jimmy Lai, center, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal for a hearing in Hong Kong, on Dec. 31, 2020.Photographer: Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg
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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, Hong Kong’s government saidBloomberg Terminal 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.