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Hong Kong journalist Choy Yuk-ling, center, also known as Bao Choy, reacts outside a court in Hong Kong Thursday, April 22, 2021. The Hong Kong journalist was fined 6,000 Hong Kong dollars ($775) on Thursday after being found guilty of making false statements while obtaining information from a vehicle database, in the latest blow to press freedom in the city as authorities continue their crackdown on dissent. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) April 22, 2021 - 4:24 AM
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong journalist was found guilty on Thursday of making false statements in obtaining information for an investigation into an attack on anti-government protesters, in the latest blow to press freedom in the city as authorities continue their crackdown on dissent.
Hong Kong journalist convicted for protest-related reporting 1 minute read
Hong Kong, Apr 22 (EFE).- A Hong Kong court Thursday imposed a fine of $800 on a journalist for making false statements in obtaining official data for an award-winning documentary about 2019 anti-government protests.
It is the first time that a court has sentenced a journalist for reporting about the anti-government protests.
It has raised fears over the dwindling press freedom as China widens its political crackdown for greater control over the former British colony.
Bao Choy Yuk-ling, 37, a freelance producer of public broadcaster RTHK, was found guilty on two counts of making a false declaration to obtain car license plate information from the public vehicle database.
Guilty Verdict for Hong Kong Journalist as Media Faces âFrontal Assaultâ
As China stifles dissent in the city, news outlets have found themselves in the authoritiesâ cross hairs.
Choy Yuk-ling, a producer for Radio Television Hong Kong, was found guilty on Thursday of making false statements to obtain public records for a report that was critical of the police.Credit.Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
April 22, 2021Updated 6:23 a.m. ET
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