This Hong Kong journalist won awards for her investigation. Now she's been convicted for her work
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An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has been convicted of providing false statements to access a database as part of an investigation into alleged police mishandling of a violent mob attack on pro-democracy protesters in 2019.
In a case that's been seen as a further blow to press freedoms in the city, Bao Choy was found guilty Thursday at Hong Kong's West Kowloon Magistrates' Court of violating the city's Road Traffic Ordinance and given a 6,000 Hong Kong dollar penalty ($770). The charge carried a possible six-month prison sentence. Prosecutors said the freelance journalist violated the ordinance because she searched the vehicle registration database while producing the documentary "Hong Kong Connection: 7.21 Who Owns the Truth?" for public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK).More Related News