Officers lack power to order identity proof under police ordinance, court hears as Ronson Chan seeks top court appeal

The police ordinance does not empower officers to demand identity proof, a lawyer for Ronson Chan has argued as the former head of Hong Kong’s largest press union applied to challenge his conviction for obstructing police at the Court of Final Appeal. Ronson Chan, who helmed the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) from 2021 to […]

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