Leung Kwok-hung

Leung Kwok-hung (‘Long Hair’) 梁國雄（長毛）

Age at arrest: 64

Founding member, League of Social Democrats

*Currently in jail

Leung Kwok-hung co-founded the League of Social Democrats in 2006, and formerly served as a member of the Legislative Council from 2004 to 2016. Leung was disqualified from his Legislative Council position in 2017 over oath-taking procedures.

Leung was arrested multiple times for charges related to his involvement in unauthorised assemblies, and was also arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021 as one of the ‘Hong Kong 47’ for his participation in the ‘35+1’ unofficial primary election in July 2020. (Photo: RTHK screenshot via HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Conspiracy to subvert state power

  Incident: Organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in July 2020

  Sentence: 6 years, 9 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay march on 18 August 2019

  Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organising and inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Hong Kong Island demonstration on 1 October 2019

  Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Tiananmen Square massacre candlelight vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentence: 6 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organising and inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Kowloon demonstration on 20 October 2019

  Sentence: 16 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organising, participating in and inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Protest against the National Security Law on 1 July 2020

  Sentence: 8 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)