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Mona's Musings : Public database and public interest

【明報專訊】Last Thursday, RTHK's freelance journalist Bao Choy was found guilty of violating the Traffic Ordinance because she searched the vehicle registration database while producing the documentary "Hong Kong Connection: 7.21 Who Owns the Truth". At that time, the vehicle in question was suspected to have carried weapons that fuelled that much-traumatising 7.21 attack, where gangsters descended upon the Yuen Long MTR station and attacked commuters indiscriminately. Magistrate Ivy Chui agreed with the prosecutors that the database should only be used for "transport-related matters".

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