Hong Kong fencing representative Zhang Jialang won the gold medal in the men’s individual foil fencing competition at the Olympic Games on Monday (26th). Hundreds of citizens gathered at the apm mall in Kwun Tong to watch the live broadcast. There were online clips circulating that Zhang Jialang received the award. When the national anthem was played, some citizens in the mall booed.
The Criminal Division of the East Kowloon Region today (30th) arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of holding high the British flag of Hong Kong and insulting the national anthem. This incident is the first arrest in more than a year since the National Anthem Ordinance has been implemented.
Senior Superintendent Chung Lai Yi of the Criminal Division of the East Kowloon Region said that this is the first case of violating the National Anthem Law. The police received reports from citizens and multiple online clips showed that when the national anthem was played live in the Kwun Tong shopping mall, there were citizens. Openly raised the flag of Hong Kong and Britain, and incited those present to cheer, chant slogans, insult the national anthem, try to provoke hatred, and politicize the movement.
The police arrested a 40-year-old man surnamed Leung outside the Metropolitan Shopping Centre in Kwai Tsing at about 1 p.m., who claimed to be a business journalist. He was suspected of violating Article 7 of the National Anthem Ordinance, that is, committing an "insulting crime." .
Among his belongings, the police seized 10 Hong Kong and British flags of different sizes.
While the man is being detained for investigation, the police will continue to collect relevant evidence to investigate whether more people will violate the National Anthem Act, or violate the National Security Act and incitement.
The police appealed that anyone who publicly or deliberately insulted the national anthem in any way is a crime. Once convicted, he can be fined up to 50,000 yuan and sentenced to three years in prison.
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It is understood that the arrested person is a 40-year-old man surnamed Liang who works as a reporter for the online media "Freeman Express", usually dressed as a woman.
I was asked whether raising the British flag of Hong Kong in public places when playing and singing the national anthem triggered the national anthem law, and how to judge the derogatory meaning of the national anthem.
Zhong Liyi pointed out that the method of investigating the case was to examine the fragments circulating on the Internet, and to find independent witnesses in the shopping mall to inquire about the process of the day, and to obtain opinions and instructions from the Department of Justice.
Zhong Liyi pointed out that any way of insulting the national anthem can constitute a crime. "The problem is that his behavior is not a flag." The man held the flag of Hong Kong and Britain for a period of time, and the surrounding people's response was a kind of disrespect, The way of insulting the national anthem.
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