Bao Choy

She was arrested in November 2020 for allegedly violating the Road Traffic Ordinance in Hong Kong for falsely declaring her intention to access the database[1] and was found guilty and fined on two charges in April 2021.

[8] The episode aired in July 2020, with narration stating that according to the database, the vehicles suspected of having transported weapons for the mobs were linked to local village representatives.

[4] Not given a category for journalistic reasons, Choy declared in her online application that her intention to obtain the vehicle registration records was for "transport or traffic-related matters.

[2] Facing a maximum sentence of six months' imprisonment,[3][8] on April 22, 2021, Choy was convicted by the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts and handed a HK$6,000 (around US$770) fine over the two charges.

The panel said in a statement that there was no reason for "bona fide journalism" to be excluded from Choy's chosen option in the search application database.