On Jan. 17, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police raided a fair booth selling promotional materials and products related to the 2019 anti-extradition law amendment bill movement during Lunar New Year and arrested six people for sedition.
The booth in the case is “Shame On You Grocery Store,” in the Hermitage Bazaar in Mongkok, which was part of the yellow economic circle (businesses in Hong Kong that support the 2019–2020 protests in the city).
According to its Facebook page Shame On You Grocery Store, it recently published a picture book about the social movement between June 2019 and February 2020, including demonstrations and strikes. The book’s cover page was the Siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a flag emblazoned with the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times.” In addition, the store also has T-shirts with red QR codes that mock the Hong Kong government’s pandemic policy, and graphics from “Sheep Village Drawing Book,” which is deemed seditious and has been banned. …
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