CORRECTION-Hong Kong legislature starts voting on controversial China national anthem bill (Reuters)

Start Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Last Modified: Saturday, June 6, 2020

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999


HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Legislative Council started voting on a controversial national anthem bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting China's national anthem a criminal offense.



The voting comes just as people in Hong Kong are set to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square by lighting candles across the city.

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