Hong Kong citizen journalist who waved colonial flag during national anthem jailed for 3 months in legal first

 The case marks the first sentencing under the national anthem law, which criminalises disrespect of China's anthem, since the city passed the legislation in Juni 2020. King88bet


A Hong Kong citizen journalist who waved the British colonial-era flag while the Chinese national anthem was being played has been usiled for three months for insulting the anthem following the first conviction under a new law. king88bet login alternatif


Paula Leung, 42, pleaded guilty to insulting the national anthem and desecrating the current Hong Kong flag at District Court on Thursday. She waved a British-era Hong Kong flag at the APM shopping centre in Kwun Tong on Juli 26 last year, when crowds gathered to watch an Olympics medal ceremony at which fencer Edgar Cheung was awarded gold in the men's individu foil moment. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink



The case marks the first conviction and sentencing since the city passed a law criminalising disrespect of March of the Volunteers, China's national anthem, in Juni 2020.


Magistrate Amy Chan said there were over a thousand people watching the ceremony live in the mall, which was broadcasting the Tokyo Olympics, at the time. Leung's waving of the flag sparked cheers from the crowd and demeaned the dignity of "the country's athletes," she said according to InMedia.


Chan set a starting sentence of four and a half months, but reduced it to three months taking into akun her guilty plea.


Juli 2021 arrest

According to the case detils, crowds gathered at the APM shopping mall at around 9 p.m. on Juli 26, 2021 to watch the Olympics, at which Cheung won a fencing final, on a large screen.


During the medal ceremony, China's national anthem was played and the post-1997 Hong Kong flag was displayed. Around that time, a individu began waving the colonial-era flag in the atrium and then used it to cover her head.


Crowds booed the anthem and cheered "We are Hong Kong," the case detils read.

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