A Hong Kong citizen journalist who waved the British colonial-era flag while the Chinese national anthem was being played has been jailed for three months for insulting the anthem following the first conviction under a new law. Paula Leung, 42, pleaded guilty to insulting the national anthem and desecrating the current Hong Kong flag at District Court on Thursday. She waved a British-era Hong Kong flag at the APM shopping centre in Kwun Tong on July 26 last year, when crowds gathered to watch an Olympics medal ceremony at which fencer Edgar Cheung was awarded gold in the men’s individual foil …
