Official Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) television producer and director Chua Yuk Ling was arrested at her home on Tuesday (Nov. 3) by police who alleged that she conducted a vehicle search with improper information. Chua is a former labor union president at RTHK who worked on the 721 Yuen Long Attack, which was later aired on RTHK.
Police searched her apartment in Mei Foo Ching Lai Court on Tuesday and took her away in a police car, where a large group of media interviewed her and she was accompanied by her lawyer.
The report said it is believed that the arrest may be related to her filming and production of the “721 Yuen Long Attack,” which was aired on the station’s “7.21 Who Will Tell the Truth” series. “The show aired. Chua Yuk Ling is one of the three writers and directors of the episode.
The director of Radio Television Hong Kong’s communications team, Ms. Ng Man Yee, said Tuesday that Chua said she was arrested. However, the station does not know the details of the case, including the charges she was involved in. The station is learning more about the incident and will provide legal support and other assistance to Chua if necessary. Radio Television Hong Kong has not yet been contacted by the police, Ng said. The police have not yet contacted Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), which has not received any information from the police. It is reported that the case of Cai Yu-ling was handed over to the New Territories North Regional Crime Unit for investigation.
The “721 Yuen Long attack” is a landmark event in the anti-sending demonstration in Hong Kong. On July 21 last year, a group of anti-sending campaign supporters dressed in black gathered in Yuen Long for a demonstration. In the evening, they clashed with another group of people dressed in white, who later attacked the protesters in black at the Yuen Long subway station and assaulted passengers and passersby, injuring pro-democracy legislator Lam Cheuk-ting and many others. The protesters criticized the police for not sending officers to the Yuen Long subway station in time and allowing the men in white to attack, accusing the police of colluding with the violent elements, but the police denied it and accused the media and outsiders of distorting the facts and deliberately smearing the police.
The police spokeswoman said she had received a complaint from a member of the public about a suspected violation of privacy in a television program that publicly reported information about car owners, and arrested 37-year-old Cai Yu-ling after an investigation because she allegedly obtained personal information about car owners on the Transport Department’s website and later used the information for purposes inconsistent with the statement.
However, Radio Television Hong Kong said in a report on Tuesday that, according to the report “The Truth About Who Owns 7.21,” there were a number of vehicles picking up people in white on Fung Yau Street on July 21. The narration also says that the vehicle owners are contacted one by one according to their license plate addresses, and that the clanging episodes of the private car in question contain obscured and obscured license plates.
The 33 members of RTHK’s advisory board were outraged by the arrest of Chua Yu-ling, saying that the police’s use of vehicle searches for investigative reporting purposes clearly suggests a political agenda to settle scores, and that the arrest was a trumped-up charge.
The Radio Television Hong Kong Producers’ Union said that they are still trying to understand the situation, but are dissatisfied with the high-profile arrest of Chua Yuk Ling and the fact that the police have not yet publicly explained the reason for the arrest. The company said it is not a “news” organization, but a “news” media report, which makes it questionable that the police are once again “releasing information” as a “source”.
The Director of Broadcasting of RTHK, Mr. Leung Ka-wing, expressed his concern about whether the arrest of Ms. Chua has affected the news work of RTHK, and whether there is a “chilling effect”.
The Yuen Long District Council’s “721 Working Group” also issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the police crackdown on press freedom and said it would continue to work with the community to investigate the truth about the 721 incident. The Working Group said that the media has been using the investigation and that the “Articulate” program “Yuen Long Noir” won the “Award of Merit for Best Investigative Reporting” in this year’s New York TV/Film Awards. “They argue that the arrest of Chua Yu-ling is an attempt to create a chilling effect on journalists and prevent them from performing their duties. They believe that the police arrest of Chua Yuk Ling is intended to create a chilling effect on journalists, suppressing them and preventing them from performing their duties.
Democratic Party legislator Lam Cheuk-ting, who was injured in the 721 Yuen Long attack, also said that the police action had a chilling effect on the media and demanded that the police explain the reasons for arresting Chua Yuk-ling as soon as possible.
Hong Kong pan-democratic legislator Mao Mengjing was very surprised by the arrest of Chua Yuk Ling. She said that, as far as she could remember, no journalist had ever been arrested on such charges, and she questioned whether the police were trying to crack down on press freedom and target Radio Television Hong Kong.
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