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Hong Kong football fans boo Chinese anthem

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee (front row) waves during the “Together We Prosper” parade, staged on Saturday as a prelude to Chinese national day celebrations on Oct 1, in Hong Kong. (Reuters Photo)

HONG KONG: Football fans in Hong Kong were heard booing China’s national anthem on Saturday at the first match open to spectators in the city since legislation outlawing the practice was passed more than two years ago.

Supporters in Hong Kong have been barred from games for almost three years due to the coronavirus pandemic, but boos at the anthem were previously heard in the stands as huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests swept the city in 2019.

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