Hong Kong journalist wins appeal at top court over Yuen Long documentary

HONG KONG – Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy won an appeal at the city’s top court on Monday, June 5, against her conviction linked to checking vehicle registration records for a documentary about an attack at a train station on pro-democracy protesters in 2019.

A court fined Bao Choy, a former freelance journalist for local broadcaster RTHK, in April 2021 HK$6,000 after convicting her of making false statements to obtain vehicle ownership records for a documentary she was producing. In a written judgement on Monday, the Court of Final Appeal said a “substantial and grave injustice” was done to Choy by inferring that she knowingly made false statements when accessing the search application database for vehicle registration records.

The other options included “transport-related legal proceedings” or the “sale and purchase of vehicle”.

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