Hong Kong fans cover their faces and boo during Chinese national anthem, at a friendly soccer match between Hong Kong and Bahrain in Hong Kong, China November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Several hundred football fans in Hong Kong defied a Chinese law against disrespecting the national anthem, by jeering it at a friendly international against Bahrain on Thursday.
At the Mong Kok stadium, a small segment of the crowd numbering several hundred, waved banners and banged on drums, before jeering China's national anthem before the match kicked off.
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