Hong Kong has fined a journalist for ticking a box. That shows the city's media freedoms are in jeopardy
CNN
On Wednesday, Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy won an award for her investigative work. The next day, that very same work saw her convicted of breaking the city's laws.
In essence, Choy was prosecuted for ticking a box: She had used a government registry to trace license plates connected to a mob that had attacked pro-democracy protesters in a subway station in 2019. In the past, journalists had been able to specify "media" on the form to explain why they were searching the database. But in 2019 the form changed, so Choy ticked "other traffic and transport related matters."More Related News
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