Ronson Chan (; born 1982) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

journalist and the chairman of the

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. Previously working for ''

Apple Daily ''Apple Daily'' ( zh, link=no, 蘋果日報) was a popular tabloid published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021. Founded by Jimmy Lai, it was one of the best-selling Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong.

'' and ''

Stand News ''Stand News'' ( zh, t=立場新聞) was a free non-profit online news website based in Hong Kong from 2014 to 2021. Founded in December 2014, it was the successor of ''House News''. It primarily focused on social and political issues in Hong ...

'', he became a delivery driver after both these outlets were closed due to the enactment of the

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. His home was also raided shortly before ''Stand News'' closed down. In September 2022, Chan was charged with obstructing police, days before he was set to take up a fellowship at the Reuters Institute at

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. The arrest was widely felt to be part of an attack on Hong Kong's freedom of the press. Chan was released on bail on 23 September after pleading not guilty to obstructing police officers, and was allowed to travel to the UK to take up his fellowship at Oxford.

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