Sze Ching-wee

Sze Ching-wee 施城威

Age at arrest: 38

Former secretary, 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund

*Currently on bail

Sze Ching-wee was the secretary of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. He was seized by national security police at the Hong Kong airport on 5 November 2022 on the charge of “conspiracy 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.

Charges, incidents & sentences:

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

  Incident: Alongside five trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund and the fund’s secretary, Sze 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$2,500