Hong Kong government wants injunction to ban Glory To Hong Kong protest song

Demonstrators sing Glory To Hong Kong at the Times Square shopping centre in Hong Kong in 2019 (Vincent Yu/AP)

Hong Kong’s government wants a court order to ban people from broadcasting or distributing the protest song Glory To Hong Kong after it was mistakenly played as the city’s anthem at several international sporting events in the past year.

In a statement, the Department of Justice said it has applied for an injunction to prohibit unlawful acts relating to the song, which became an unofficial anthem for the 2019 pro-democracy protests.