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The situation is really strange. Not only black's status was unclear, but also white captured a group in atari when it could wait. So I think that there is a mistake in the record.
There was a ko fight previous to this. Perhaps some threat+answer are missing?
The game record is correct, as published, and the White capture at T15 is also correct if you start from the illusion that both players had (otherwise Black T17 has a real effect). There were no written comments by the players (the game, after all, was played in September did not comment - the procedure is that two games are played by the first winner on the same day and the losers just scarper - but Takao Shinji suggested that both players thought that Black R19 failed against P19. That is why I wondered whether the stone at P16 had drifted towards Q16 enough to make the players think Black truly suffered shortage of liberties. Anyone who watched the broadcast might have a better view, in both senses!
It was evidently noticed at the time, though, because of the comment that both players had agreed that the whole upper-right corner was White territory and so the game was completely over. There was no mention of any dispute.
Edit: corrected quote location