[1/2] Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) arrives the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts after been charged with obstructing police, in Hong Kong, China September 22, 2022.
Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was detained and handcuffed by two plainclothes officers while covering a story after he failed to hand over his personal identity card.
The journalist cannot leave Hong Kong and had to surrender his travel documents.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association is one of the last major professional groups in Hong Kong advocating fundamental rights and press freedoms, following the enactment in June 2020 of a national security law by Chinese authorities.
($1 = 7.8156 Hong Kong dollars)Reporting By Jessie Pang; writing by Greg Torode; editing by Mark Heinrich and Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Ronson Chan, Tyrone Siu, Hong Kong's, Chan, Leung Ka, Leung, Jessie Pang, Greg Torode, Mark Heinrich, Toby Chopra
Organizations:
Hong Kong Journalists Association, REUTERS, Tyrone, Chan HK, Thomson
Locations:
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, HONG KONG, Britain, Beijing