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Hong Kong moves toward banning booing Chinese national anthem
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 16, 2018 09:37pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Venus Wu |
| News Date | Friday, March 16, 2018 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong proposed new laws on Friday punishing mockery of the Chinese national anthem with up to three years in jail, mirroring new penalties in mainland China and raising fresh concerns over the city’s promised freedoms.
Booing the national anthem has become a common form of political protest at soccer matches in Hong Kong, as youths express frustration at perceived creeping influence of Communist Party rulers in Beijing over the city’s culture and freedoms.
If passed, the proposed bill, submitted to the Legislative Council, would also make it a legal requirement for schools to teach the anthem, the “March of the Volunteers”, its history and its “spirit”.
A new law banning disrespect for the anthem came into force in mainland China last year, but it was not automatically applicable to Hong Kong, a former British colony handed back to China in 1997 under promises that its core freedoms would remain intact under a “one country, two systems” formula.
But China in November formally extended the law to the freewheeling financial hub, forcing the government to pass new legislation under its separate common law legal system. |
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