Journalist Arrested over Records Search; Barrister Says Press Freedom Can Be a Defence; HKJA Chair Says Government Laid Groundwork by Changing Form Last Year
記者查冊被捕 大律師：可以新聞自由抗辯 記協主席：政府去年改申請表埋伏筆
Choy Yuk Ling, Bao, the producer-director responsible for making RTHK’s programme *The Pulse*’s special report on the 721 Yuen Long incident, was arrested. She was accused of making false statements when applying to search records and suspected of breaching the Road Traffic Ordinance. The Transport Department had already changed the records-search application form last year, removing the original application-purpose option of “other purposes.”
負責製作香港電台節目《鏗鏘集》721 元朗事件專題報道的編導蔡玉玲被捕，她被指申請查冊資料時作出虛假陳述，涉嫌違反《道路交通條例》。去年運輸署已曾更改查冊申請表格，並刪去原有的「其他用途」申請用途選項。