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Oiwan Lam's expensive fight against an unpopular tribunal

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Rebecca MacKinnon
RConversation
July 21, 2007


Roland Soong is hot on the trail with some new information relevant to Oiwan Lam's case. She is fighting an indecency ruling by the Obscene Articles Tribunal for posting an artistic photo of a topless woman that she found on Flickr. If the ruling is upheld she could face a fine of up to HK$400,000 and up to one year in jail.

If you live in Hong Kong you will be aware of the latest uproar over how the Television and Licensing Authority (TELA) and Obscene Articles Tribunal (OAT) operate. At the Hong Kong book fair this week, a book depicting a classic French painting of Cupid kissing Psyche on its cover was nearly withdrawn from the Hong Kong book fairbecause TELA inspectors deemed it indecent. TELA and OAT have been regular subjects in the Hong Kong media (mainly negatively) since the Chinese University student newspaper got nailed by TELA/OATwith an obscenity ruling after publishing a sex questionnaire. The newspaper Ming Pao got nailed as well after it duplicated the questions and humorously made up "model answers" that different types of students might give.

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