Veteran investigative journalist Bao Choy won her appeal in Hong Kong two years after she was found guilty of deceiving the government during her work on “7.21 Who Owns The Truth.'
A monumental momentMonday as an award-winning investigative journalist found guilty of deceiving the government won her appeal in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory.
At the time, Choy was working on a documentary about a mob attack on protesters and commuters inside a train station during the anti-government protests in 2019, and was trying to track down the perpetrators. Veteran investigative journalist Bao Choy won her appeal in Hong Kong two years after she was found guilty of deceiving the government during her work on"7.21 Who Owns The Truth."in her favor in a written judgment – overturning Choy's conviction and slashing her sentence.
The judges also wrote Choy's use for the records was"not an irresistible inference that she knew that to be false," even if it didn't fall into the catchall category.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversaryHong Kong police have detained eight people on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Read more »
Two women stabbed to death in mall knife attack that has shocked Hong Kong | CNNTwo women have been stabbed to death in a Hong Kong mall in a frenzied – and apparently random – attack that has shocked a city where violent crime is rare.
Read more »
Hong Kong, once home to Tiananmen vigil, now hosts pro-China carnivalVictoria Park epitomizes the broader erosions in Hong Kong: In four years it has gone from candlelight vigil to heavily policed desolation to flag-waving carnival.
Read more »
Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversaryHong Kong police have detained eight people on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Read more »
Hong Kong: Four Arrested for 'Seditious' Acts on Tiananmen AnniversaryPolice arrested four people in Hong Kong for “seditious” acts on the eve of the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary.
Read more »
Arrests and tight security in Hong Kong on Tiananmen anniversaryHong Kong police said they had detained eight people near a park, as authorities tightened security on the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Read more »