The Hong Kong Department of Justice entered the High Court on Monday (June 5) to apply for a prohibited order to prohibit public people from spreading the songs that appeared during the 2019 anti -revision campaign on the Internet or any platform.This is also the first time that the SAR government has asked the court to ban a song for the SAR government since the return of Hong Kong in 1997.
The plaintiff of the case is the director of the Hong Kong Government's Law, and the defendant is "anyone engaged in relevant prohibited behaviors."The Department of Justice applied to the court to prohibit four "illegal behaviors" related to Hong Kong's "illegal behavior" in the form of the court, including prohibition:
First, broadcast, performance, publication, publishing, sale, offer, distribution, spread, display or copy related songs on the Internet or any other platform medium, including melody and lyrics.In particular, it is advocated to separate Hong Kong from China, intending to incite others to commit crimes of split state and violate the National Security Law of Hong Kong.
Second, to insult (China) the national anthem, violate the national anthem regulations, and cause misunderstandings to return to Hong Kong to be the national anthem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, not the Volunteer forces, which makes Lenovo SARs a independent country and own their own national anthem.Essence
Third, help, lead, promote, incite, assist, and teach others to implement or participate in any first two behaviors listed.Fourth, know, authorize, or allow others to implement or participate in any first two points.
At the same time, it is attached with 32 YouTube movies related to Hong Kong, including the pure music version of the song and different languages.Or song.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Government said that the songs have been widely circulated since 2019. The content of the lyrics contains slogans that have been ruled by the court.Insultation caused serious damage to the country and the SAR, and decided to apply for a ban from the court.
A spokesman emphasized that the government has always respected and attaches importance to the rights and freedoms of the basic law, but freedom of speech is not absolute; in order to maintain national security, applications are necessary, reasonable and legal, and meet the requirements of relevant human rights bills.The ban is complemented by the current law, and the citizens should not try the law.
Related prohibited order application is waiting for the court instructions, and the hearing date is to be determined.
Tang Jiayi, a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council and a senior barrister, pointed out that the ban is not new, but in his memory, Hong Kong has never tried a ban on a song.He said that the court could not discuss whether the court would eventually approve the ban, but if the court law was prohibited or distributed a song, which means that everyone in the jurisdiction of the Judicial Jurisdiction of Hong Kong, including Internet service providers, cannot spread or distribute them.Including the melody, lyrics or performance mode of the song.
Tang Jiazheng said that if some citizens set the songs to mobile ringtones, because they have the opportunity to hear others in public, there will be risk of spreading or distribution. It is recommended that citizens who have downloaded and retain the songs have been deleted.
Dr. Chen Xiaofeng, Secretary -General of the Hong Kong Law Exchange Foundation, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the government applied for a ban from the court this time. One was that he was willing to return to Hong Kong to have been mistaken for "Hong Kong National Anthem" many times in the near future.The insult is caused; the second is because many incidents related to the return of Hong Kong in the past may violate the Hong Kong National Security Law and Criminal Crime Regulations, but they continue to be spread freely.
Chen Xiaofeng emphasized that Rongguang returns to Hong Kong with strong political information and has the meaning of serious violations of national security. It has nothing to do with the freedom of information in Hong Kong, and cannot compare the two together.
He believes that if the High Court approves the application for the Hong Kong Government's prohibition, it can be prohibited from the song from the legal level in the short term, but in the long run, Make Hong Kong people more comprehensively understand national security and national conditions.
Rongguang returning to Hong Kong is a fighting song created by the 2019 Hong Kong anti -repair participants and singing.During the internationally or regional sports events in recent years, the "Hong Kong National Anthem" played by the organizer will return to Hong Kong to the wishes, rather than the Chinese national anthem Volunteer Army, which has caused many criticisms of the Hong Kong Government.At the end of last year, the Hong Kong Government asked Google to show the correct results when the user searched for "Hong Kong National Anthem", but was rejected by Google.
