Protesters at HK travel writer’s book launch accuse him of ‘spreading poison’

A book launch by a Hong Kong travel writer and democracy supporter has attracted a protest by a small group accusing him of secretly “spreading poison” two weeks after an earlier literary event by the writer was also disrupted.

Speaking to HKFP on Thursday, Pazu said five people were standing downstairs from the independent bookshop Talentum, which is on the first floor of a commercial building in Yau Me Tei, at around 6.30pm on Wednesday – one hour before the book launch began.

According to photos he shared, one woman in a green hoodie displayed a sheet of A4 paper with a Chinese-language message reading: “Under the guise of a book club, spreading…