Man had substituted Chinese anthem for protest song in video
Decision comes amid city efforts to ban controversial song
Protesters carry a banner referring to the song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’, in Hong Kong in 2019.
Photographer: Laurel Chor/Getty Images
A Hong Kong court convicted a man for using a 2019 anti-government protest song in an edited video featuring an Olympian from the city, amid efforts by local authorities to bar the song from distribution.
Hong Kong’s Eastern Court ruled the man’s use of the song Glory to Hong Kong was an insult to the Chinese national anthem March of the Volunteers, the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday. The court said that amounted to a violation of the city’s 2020 law banning residents from disrespecting the Chinese national anthem.