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Reuters
Reuters
Entertainment
By Jessie Pang

Hong Kong government seeks court injunction to ban protest anthem

FILE PHOTO: A group of music performers plays a protest song "Glory to Hong Kong" during an anti-extradition bill protest in flash mob inside a shopping mall at Kowloon Tong, in Hong Kong, China, September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

The Hong Kong government said on Tuesday that it asked a court to ban a protest song in a bid to prevent people from inciting secession or insulting China's national anthem.

"Recently, the song has also been mistakenly presented as the 'national anthem of Hong Kong' repeatedly," the government said in a statement. "This has not only insulted the national anthem but also caused serious damage to the country and the HKSAR."

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