‘Glory to Hong Kong’, adopted through the 2019 mass protests, has been all however outlawed within the Chinese language territory.
Hong Kong’s authorities has condemned organisers of a rugby match in South Korea after a democracy protest music was performed as an alternative of the Chinese language nationwide anthem earlier than the territory’s workforce performed a match.
Video shared on social video confirmed the gamers trying perplexed because the music, Glory to Hong Kong, was performed forward of the ultimate of the Asia Rugby Sevens Sequence as an alternative of the Chinese language nationwide anthem.
The Hong Kong authorities “strongly deplores and opposes the enjoying of a music intently related to violent protests and the ‘independence’ motion because the Nationwide Anthem of the Folks’s Republic of China,” it mentioned in a press release.
“The Nationwide Anthem is an emblem of our nation. The organiser of the match has an obligation to make sure that the Nationwide Anthem receives the respect it warranted,” a authorities spokesperson mentioned.
Glory to Hong Kong was written by an nameless composer and have become an anthem for the pro-democracy motion throughout protests in 2019, which attracted big crowds however turned more and more violent because the months dragged on.
The organisers of the match in Incheon, South Korea, issued an apology and performed the Chinese language anthem after the match, which was gained by the Hong Kong workforce.
Hong Kong authorities mentioned they'd ordered the town’s rugby union physique to conduct an investigation and convey its “robust objection” to match organiser Asia Rugby.
In a separate assertion, Hong Kong Rugby Union expressed its “excessive dissatisfaction” with what had occurred.
The organisation’s preliminary investigation discovered that the Chinese language anthem had been given to the organisers by the workforce’s coach, and the protest music had been performed by mistake.
“While we settle for this was a case of human error, it was however not acceptable,” the HKRU mentioned.
The Chinese language nationwide anthem, March of the Volunteers, has been performed at worldwide occasions the place Hong Kong has competed because the British handed the territory again to China in 1997.
Enjoying Glory to Hong Kong within the territory is now all however unlawful after Beijing imposed a nationwide safety regulation on Hong Kong that rights teams say has “decimated” dissent. It's also thought of illegal below Hong Kong’s sedition regulation, in accordance with the South China Morning Publish.
In September, a harmonica participant who performed the tune to a crowd commemorating Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was arrested.
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