Is flag burning illegal in Hong Kong?
Criminal offense
Flag desecration is illegal in Hong Kong, with convictions and prison sentences for such acts.
Hong Kong is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Taiwan
- Criminal offense Taiwan criminalizes insulting national flags or emblems with penalties up to one year imprisonment.
- Philippines
- Criminal offense It is illegal to mutilate, deface, or insult the flag with penalties including fines and imprisonment.
- Thailand
- Criminal offense Thailand fines or jails those who insult national flags, though foreign flags are not specifically mentioned.
- China
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in China with imprisonment terms of up to 3 years.
- South Korea
- Criminal offense South Korean law punishes flag desecration with imprisonment up to two years.
- Malaysia
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Malaysia under the Penal Code, Sedition Act, and Emblems & Names Act.
Other laws in Hong Kong
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
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