FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam reacts at the end of a news conference in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Anti-government protests that have roiled Hong Kong for more than three months spread to the sports field on Tuesday, as many local fans defied Chinese law to boo the country's national anthem ahead of a soccer World Cup qualifier against Iran.
The latest sign of unrest in the former British colony followed another weekend of sometimes violent clashes, in which police firing tear gas in cat-and-mouse skirmishes with protesters who at times smashed windows and started fires in the streets.
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