In the early morning hours of National Day this year and the following day (1/10 and 2/10), a total of 31 national flags were found on the railings of Wang On House, Wang Tau Hom Village, Lok Fu and Yuk Wah Street off Tsz Wan Shan. It was damaged in the form of being abandoned, cut and burnt.
After the incident, the police identified two men suspected of being involved in the case and arrested a man on charges of arson, criminal damage and insulting the national flag this (15/10) morning. At the same time, they are currently looking for another man involved in the case.
The incident occurred at 6:22 in the morning of National Day (1st) 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 It is suspected that some national flags have burnt marks and were maliciously dumped on the ground.
In the early morning of the day following National Day this year (2/10), on the railings of the footpath off Yuhua Street in Ciyun Mountain, the 11 national flags hung from the same regiment were also found abandoned on the ground with traces of being cut.
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 bring him to justice.
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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