The head of Hong Kong’s journalist union(HKJA) , Ronson Chan 41, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly obstructing a police officer and disorderly conduct in a public place refusing to show officers his ID card and behaved in an “uncooperative” way despite multiple warnings.
According to the online news outlet Chan works for, the veteran reporter was taken away by police officers who asked to check his identity while he was reporting on a meeting of public housing flat owners.
Authorities have used a national security law and colonial-era sedition charges to crack down on dissent in Hong Kong after democracy protests three years ago.Both Chan and the HKJA have faced repeated criticism from media outlets that answer to Beijing’s Liaison Office in the city.Police action has often followed such media coverage. 
