Ex-chief of Hong Kong journalist union behind bars after losing appeal

🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · May 30, 2026 · 176 words · By Jess Ma

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Ex-chief of Hong Kong journalist union serving 5-day jail term after losing appeal Ronson Chan had appealed against his conviction and five-day jail sentence for obstructing a police officer in 2022 Ronson Chan Ron-sing, 45, had refused to present his…

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Deputy Judge Lily Wong Sze-lai dismissed his appeal at the High Court on Friday and ordered him into custody immediately.

Common ground

Chan was sentenced to five days in jail in 2023 after a magistrate found him guilty of one count of obstructing a police officer and one of obstructing a public officer.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3355377/ex-chief-hong-…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the association’s chairman from 2021 to 2024”

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The Wikipedia entry for the Hong Kong Journalists Association explicitly lists Ronson Chan as chairman from 2021–24.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Several more pro-democracy organizations dissolved under the pressure of the national security law. The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions additionally cited physical threats that had been report…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Lee Ka-chiu (Chinese: 李家超; born 7 December 1957) is a Hong Kong politician and former police officer who is the fifth and current chief executive of Hong Kong since 1 July 2022. Originally a pol…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong National Security Law, National Security Law, or NSL) came into ef…
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Claim 2: “Ronson Chan had appealed against his conviction and five-day jail sentence for obstructing a police officer in 2022”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Ronson Chan appealed his conviction and five-day jail sentence for obstructing a police officer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English and American musician, record producer, songwriter and DJ. He has won ten Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's alb…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ronson Chan Ron-sing (Chinese: 陳朗昇; born 2 May 1981) is a Hong Kong journalist and a former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. Previously working for Apple Daily and Stand News, he be…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Selina Cheng (Chinese: 鄭嘉如) is a Hong Kong journalist, serving as chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) press union since July 2024. Cheng has investigated editorial wars between Wikip…
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Claim 3: “Chan was sentenced to five days in jail in 2023 after a magistrate found him guilty of one count of obstructing a police officer and one of obstructing a public officer.”

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Multiple sources confirm the five-day jail sentence for obstructing police. One source specifically mentions the charges of obstructing police officers and public disorder during a meeting in September 2022, which aligns with the claim's details.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 29 December 2021, Stand News, one of the few remaining pro-democracy media outlets in Hong Kong following the passage of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020, was raided by the National Secu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_News_raids_and_arrests

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Claim 4: “Ronson Chan Ron-sing, 45, had refused to present his identity card to police during a stop-and-search procedure nearly four years ago.”

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Web search results explicitly state that Ronson Chan Ron-sing, 45, refused to present his identity card to police during a stop-and-search procedure nearly four years ago.

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Claim 5: “Deputy Judge Lily Wong Sze-lai dismissed his appeal at the High Court on Friday and ordered him into custody immediately.”

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Two separate web search results confirm that Deputy High Court Judge Lily Wong upheld/dismissed the appeal on Friday and ordered him into custody.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Journey to the West is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the 16th-century novel of the same title. Starring Dicky Cheung, Kwong Wah, Wayne Lai and Evergreen Mak, the series was produced by TV…
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