Hong Kong court quashes investigative journalist’s conviction
Veteran Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy has been cleared of a 2021 conviction for her investigation into a 2019 attack on democracy supporters by government loyalists. – EPA pic, June 5, 2023.
HONG Kong’s top court today quashed the conviction of a journalist in relation to her investigation into an attack on democracy supporters by government loyalists in 2019. It was a rare victory for the press industry in a city where two major independent news outlets have been forced to shut down since Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020.
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