Hongkonger accused of insulting Chinese anthem at volleyball match sang ‘Do You Hear the People Sing,’ court hears
A Hong Kong man charged with insulting the Chinese national anthem at a volleyball match sang the pro-democracy songDo You Hear the People Sing while the anthem was being played, a court has heard. Chan Pak-yui, 21, appeared at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday for the first day of his trial after pleading not guilty to the offence in December. He is accused of publicly and intentionally insulting the national anthem at the Hong Kong Coliseum on June 16 last year, when China played Bulgaria in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Hong Kong match. The prosecution displayed a video in ...