The Samut Prakan provincial court has told Hong Kong photographer Anthony Kwan Hok-chun, detained for carrying a bullet proof jacket and helmet, he is free to leave the country, but he could still face five years in prison for unauthorised possession of military equipment. He was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport, leaving the country after reporting on the Erawan shrine bombing, and had packed personal protection gear as a precaution for the assignment.