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Five people have been arrested in Hong Kong, accused of publishing a series of seditious children鈥檚 books. The books are about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village, and have been interpreted by the authorities as having a critical political slant.

Jerome Taylor is AFP's bureau chief in Hong Kong. He told Newsday. 鈥淭hese are illustrated children's books published by a speech therapists' union and they try to explain to children the current democracy movement in Hong Kong. The books are avowedly political. This illustrates how widespread the current crackdown is in Hong Kong and how it is expanding into the publishing industry and satire and children鈥檚 books.鈥�

Photo: Young pro-democracy supporters hold yellow umbrellas in support of the arrested activists in Hong Kong earlier this year (Getty Images)