Hong Kong student given community service for turning back on national anthem
A 19-year-old Hong Kong student has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service for insulting the national anthem by turning his back to the pitch when the song was played at a 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifier match last year.
Eastern Court on Wednesday heard that Lau Pun-hei, a second-year political science student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed “some remorse” and was unlikely to repeat the offence.
Lau, who promised in mitigation not to commit the same mistake again, pleaded...
