Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee

Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee 吳靄儀

Age at arrest: 72

Barrister; former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council

*Jailed for 12 months, suspended for 24 months

Margaret Ng is a barrister, politician and columnist in Hong Kong. She served as a member of the Legislative Council from 1995 to 2012.

Ng was arrested on 18 April 2020 for organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly. As a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, she was arrested on 11 May 2022 on suspicion of “conspiring to collude with foreign forces” under the National Security Law, and was later charged with “failing to apply for registration or exemption from registration within the specified time” under the Societies Ordinance. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay march on 18 August 2019

  Sentence: 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months (HKFP)

• Charge: Failing to apply for registration or exemption from registration within the specified time

  Incident: Alongside four other trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund and the fund’s secretary, Ng was arrested for failing to apply for registration or exemption from registration within the specified time. All six were found guilty on 25 November 2022. The five trustees, Cardinal Joseph Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, ex-lawmaker Cyd Ho, scholar Hui Po-keung, and singer-activist Denise Ho, were fined HK$4,000 each and the secretary, Sze Ching-wee, was fined HK$2,500. The trustees filed an appeal in December 2022, while Sze did not challenge his conviction. (HKFP, HKFP)

  Sentence: HK$4,000