Hong Kong baseball body alerts police after edited video of 2010 match surfaces with national anthem replaced by protest song

Hong Kong Baseball Association says YouTube user uploaded the now-removed clip in November, showing the match in Taiwan 12 years ago but with anthem replaced. Latest case follows a string of controversies in which organisers of sporting events had mixed up protest song ‘Glory To Hong Kong’ with ‘March Of The Volunteers’. — SCMP

The Hong Kong Baseball Association has alerted police after discovering that an anti-government protest song was edited over the national anthem in a video clip of a 2010 match in Taiwan involving the city’s team.

In a statement on Dec 15, the organisation said it received a report earlier in the week about doctored footage uploaded on YouTube showing the pre-match ceremony for the 17th edition of the International Baseball Federation’s Intercontinental Cup, held 12 years ago.