Under a 2020 law, insulting the national anthem carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Insults to the national anthem are already criminalised in Hong Kong under a 2020 law, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail.
Cheng “incited people in the comments section to insult the dignity of the national anthem” and showed no remorse, Justice Wat said. The clip, which showed Hong Kong fencer Edgar Cheung receiving his gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, originally had March of the Volunteers – the official anthem for both China and Hong Kong – playing in the background.
It is now all but illegal to perform or play a recording of it in Hong Kong, after Beijing crushed the protests and imposed a national security law in 2020 to quell dissent.
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