Hong Kong schools asked to remove books that might violate new security law

Beijing drafted and passed the legislation late last month that targets acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, with punishments of up to life in prison

Hong Kong Education Bureau has recommended schools to review their book collections and remove those titles that may breach the draconian national security law.

"If any teaching materials including books have content which is outdated or involve the four crimes under the law, unless they are being used to positively teach pupils about their national security awareness or sense of safeguarding national security ... they should otherwise be removed from the school," a spokesperson for the bureau was quoted as saying by by South China Morning Post.

"Schools have a gatekeeping role in terms of choosing suitable teaching resources. The