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National Day 11 | Unemployed man arrested for arson and insulting the national flag for damaging the national flag, another man is at large

2021-10-15T09:51:35.991Z


On November National Day this year and early in the morning of the following day, a total of 31 national flags were found abandoned, cut or burned on the footpath railings of Wang On House, Wang Tau Hom Village, Lok Fu and Yuk Wah Street off Tsz Wan Shan respectively. Coke shape


On November National Day this year and early in the morning of the following day, a total of 31 national flags were found abandoned, cut or burned on the footpath railings of Wang On House, Wang Tau Hom Village, Lok Fu and Yuk Wah Street off Tsz Wan Shan respectively. The form of coke is damaged.

The police took over the investigation and identified the two men involved. They took action this morning, arresting a man on charges of arson, criminal damage and insulting the national flag, and also pursued another man at large.


The incident occurred at 6:22 in the morning of National Day on November this year. A passer-by was passing by the pedestrian road opposite Wang On Building, Wang Tau Hom Village, Lok Fu, and found that 20 national flags had fallen to the ground. So they called the police and the police arrived at the scene to investigate. Some national flags have burnt marks and were maliciously dumped on the ground.

In the early morning of the second day of the National Day (2nd), 11 national flags hung from the same regiment were also found abandoned on the ground with signs of being cut on the footpath railings off Yuhua Street in Ciyun Mountain.

A total of 28 five-star flags were damaged in the two cases.

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The Chief Inspector of the First Team of the East Kowloon Region Crime Squad, Lau Ho Tak, said that by analyzing a large number of closed-circuit television and public information, a 49-year-old man was arrested for arson, criminal damage and insult to the national flag in Wong Tai Sin District this morning and was detained for investigation. , The suspect was reported to be unemployed, and no objects suspected of violating the national security law were found in his residence.

The police will also seek legal advice from the Department of Justice to arrest another man who is about 30 years old.

According to the latest amendment to the National Flag and National Emblem (Amendment) Bill 2021, anyone who publicly and deliberately burns, damages, defaces, defiles, tramples on the national flag, the national emblem or its images or otherwise insults the national flag or The National Emblem is a crime. Once convicted, the maximum penalty is a fine of HK$50,000 and imprisonment for 3 years.

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Source: hk1

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