Author of ‘violent book’ responds to Chan Hong’s complaints

Indirectly-elected lawmaker Chan Hong submitted another inquiry to the government regarding the selling of book that depict violence, murder, cannibalism, cults, and other so-called inappropriate subjects, as she believes the business should be regulated.
After giving the example of a certain book that she thinks should be banned in Macau, its author replied to her in a social media post.
The Hong Kong-based author of the books responded via his social media page, posting a screen cap of two paragraphs from the inquiry and a comment.
He wrote: “I found a die-hard fan in Macau, who has bought and read all of my publications. If [the social media platform] doesn’t name her a top fan, the algorithm should be reviewed.”
He added that he would post in a few days a true story of a “cold-blooded school principal killing students.” However, he stressed he was not trying to mock Chan’s role as the vice principal of a Macau secondary school.
The current law governing publications, Law 10/78/M, has authority only on sexual and indecent publications and audio-visual productions. It cannot govern publications of violence and suicide, or other topics.
Chan fears that such publications will have significant psychological effects on youngsters, who she says may even imitate what is depicted in the publications. She then started naming publications to support her inquiry.
Chan asked the administration if there is any law governing publications featuring violence, murder, suicide, cannibalism, cults, and how it will handle the materials already in circulation. She also inquired as to how the government plans to promote the reading of “healthy” materials. AL