- 3 A B - situation posed serious threats to national security and public order in Hong Kong. It eventually led to the implementation of the Law of the People’s A B Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong C C Special Administrative Region (“NSL”) on 30 June 2020. D D The violent protests were mainly mobilized via internet 4. E F platforms. During their height, the Song first emerged in August 2019 in the form of a video publicly accessible on a channel “Dgx Music” on the YouTube. G H E F The composer of the Song used a pseudonym “Thomas dgx yhl” and the police has so far been unable to ascertain his true identity. However, he had been interviewed by local and international media.5 He G H was reported to have said that he was a full-time musician in his I J K L mid-twenties; that he recruited performers and other people to help him; that he wrote the Song to boost the morale of the protestors and to appeal to people’s emotions and sentiments; and that while the front-line protestors used umbrellas, bricks, stones and petrol bombs as weapons, the Song was the most important “weapon” he could contribute to the fight. M Since its first publication, the Song has been widely circulated 5. N and used prominently in violent protests and secessionist activities: O (1) When the above video of the Song first appeared, the link to it was posted on one of the online discussion platforms where P strategies for public order events were discussed. Q Kong. S T U V 5 J K L M N O P The Song was described as an “army song” and an “anthem” of Hong R I Q That post received much support and attracted R See, for example, an interview published by Stand News on 11 September 2019 entitled “【專訪】 「香港之歌」誕生？ 《願榮光歸香港》創作人：音樂是凝聚人心最強武器”; an article in the TIME magazine on 12 September 2019 entitled “Listen to the Song That Hong Kong’s Youthful Protestors Are Calling Their ‘National Anthem’”; an article published by Citizen News on 22 December 2019 entitled “年度歌曲《願榮光歸香港》 創作人：歌詞坦誠最有共鳴”; and a video published on YouTube by the name “【榮光燦爛】藝術很有事 第 60 集” on 3 June 2020. S T U V