Profiles of political prisoners

Albert Ho Chun-yan (69)

Founding member, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and the Democratic Party

*Currently in jail. A total of 18 months imprisonment.

Albert Ho is a solicitor and was a founding member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and the Democratic Party. He also served as a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 1998 to 2016. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

ChargeS, incidentS & sentenceS:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 12 months imprisonment suspended for 24 months (HKFP)

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

  Incident: Protest on Hong Kong Island on 1 October 2019

  Sentencing: 18 months imprisonment (HKFP)

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

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 10 months (HKFP)

• Charge: Inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Demonstration on 20 October 2019

  Sentencing: 16 months imprisonment (HKFP)

Cyd Ho Sau-lan (66)

Founding member and former Vice-Chairperson, Labour Party, Trustee of 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund

*Currently in jail. A total of 14 months imprisonment.

Cyd Ho was a founding member of the Labour Party and formerly served as its Vice-Chairperson. She also served as a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 1998 to 2004 and 2008 to 2016. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organizing and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 8 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organizing an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Protest on Hong Kong Island on 1 October 2019

  Sentencing: 14 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Knowingly participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 6 months imprisonment (HKFP)

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

  Incident: Demonstration on 20 October 2020

  Sentencing: 14 months imprisonment (HKFP)

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (72)

Founder, Next Digital Limited

*Currently in jail and on trial. A total of 20 months imprisonment.

Jimmy Lai is an internationally-respected entrepreneur and a leading campaigner for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong. He is the founder of Giordano, one of Asia's largest clothing retailers and Next Media, formerly the largest listed media company in Hong Kong, which published, among other titles, the Apple Daily, the only Chinese-language mass circulation pro-democracy daily newspaper until its forced closure in June 2021. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 12 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Chater Garden Rally on 31 August 2019

  Sentencing: 8 months imprisonment, to be served concurrently with charges related to 18 August 2019 March except for two months (BBC, CNN)

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Protest on Hong Kong Island on 1 October 2019

  Sentencing: 14 months imprisonment, part of the sentencing to be served concurrently with previous sentencing, extending Lai's jail term to a total of 20 months (Nikkei, Forbes)

• Charging: Participating in and inciting participation in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 13 months imprisonment (BBC, VOA)

• Charge: Colluding with foreign powers or with external forces, to endanger national security; Conspiring to print, publish, sell, offer for sale, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications

  Court Date: Return day on 24 February 2022 at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court

• Charge: Fraud

Lee Cheuk-yan (64)

Former Chairperson, Labour Party

*Currently in jail. A total of 20 months imprisonment.

Lee Cheuk-yan was a founding member of the Labour Party and formerly served as the Chairperson. He also took up leading roles in the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. Lee was also a member of the Legislative Council from 1998 to 2016. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 12 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Chater Garden Rally on 31 August 2019

  Sentencing: Additional 2 months of imprisonment (A total of 14 months imprisonment including the sentencing for the 18 August 2019 March) (BBC, CNN)

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

  Incident: Protest on Hong Kong Island on1 October 2019

  Sentencing: 18 months imprisonment (HKFP)

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

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 14 months imprisonment (Al Jazeera)

Martin Lee Chu-ming (83)

Founding Chairman, Democratic Party
Barrister

* Handed 11 months imprisonment, suspended for 24 months.

Martin Lee is the founding Chairman of the Democratic Party, known as the “father” of the democracy movement. He served as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2008, and as Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 1980 to 1983. In 1985, he joined the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee to assist in the drafting of Hong Kong's Basic Law, the city's de facto constitution post-handover. (Photo: The Guardian)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 11 months imprisonment, suspended for 24 months (HKFP)

Leung Kwok-hung, Long-hair (65)

Founding member, League of Social Democrats

*Currently in jail. A total of 23 months imprisonment.

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. He was disqualified from his Legislative Council position in 2016 over oath-taking procedures. (Photo: RTHK screenshot via HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 18 months imprisonment (HKFP)

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

  Incident: Protest on Hong Kong Island on 1 October 2019

  Sentencing: 18 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 6 months imprisonment (HKFP)

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

  Incident: Demonstration on 20 October 2019

  Sentencing: 16 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Organising, knowingly taking part in and inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly

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

  Sentencing: 8 months imprisonment (HKFP)

Leung Yiu-chung (67)

Former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council

*Currently in jail. A total of 9 months imprisonment.

Leung Yiu-chung has served as a member of the Kwai Tsing District Council since 1985, and formerly served as a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 1998 to 2020. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 8 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months (HKFP)

• Charge: Participating in and inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 9 months imprisonment (HKFP)

Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee (73)

Former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council
Barrister

*Handed 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 24 months.

Before entering the legal practice, Margaret Ng worked at the University of Hong Kong and Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase). She also held senior positions in journalism, serving as publisher and deputy editor-in-chief of the Ming Pao newspaper; and as columnist for South China Morning Post. She served as a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 1995 to 2012. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

Charge, Incident & sentence:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 24 months (HKFP)

Au Nok-hin (33)

Former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council

*Currently in jail. A total of 10 months imprisonment.

Au Nok-hin served as a District Councillor for Lei Tung from 2012 to 2019, and a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 2018 to 2019. He also served as the convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front from 2016 to 2017. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: Causeway Bay March on 18 August 2019

  Sentencing: 10 months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Assaulting two police officers

  Incident: Mong Kok Protest in July 2019

• Sentencing: 9 weeks imprisonment (after the government appealed against his initial community service order) (RTHK)

• Charge: Subversion of state under the National Security Law

  Incident: Promoting primary elections on social media between July 2019 and January 2021

Benny Tai Yiu-ting (56)

Former law professor at the University of Hong Kong

*Currently remanded in custody.

Benny Tai was the co-founder of the 2014 Occupy Central Movement and a leading strategist for the pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong. He was a key organiser of an election primary for Hong Kong’s opposition parties in 2019. 

Tai was previously granted a cash bail of HK$100,000 after serving 4 months of his 16-month sentence over the 2014 protests. While awaiting the outcome of the appeal against his conviction and prison sentence related to the 2014 protests, he was placed in custody in March 2021. He was one of the 47 activists charged with “subversion of state” for organizing the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020.

On 30 April 2021, Tai lost his appeal to overturn his prison sentences of 16 months and eight months, and began to serve his sentences in jail. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, Incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Four charges of illegal election spending under the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance

  Incident: Placing advertisements in local newspapers in the run-up to the 2016 legislative polls

  Court Date: District Court, Plea on 25 April 2022 (HKFP)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

  Incident: Organising and coordinating Hong Kong pro-democracy primary elections (July 2020)

Ben Chung Kam-lun (32)
Founding member, Neo Democrats
Former vice convenor, Power for Democracy

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Ben Chung joined the Democratic Party in 2011 but left with Sai Kung District Councillor Gary Fan over the party's deal with the Beijing authorities in the 2012 constitutional reform proposal, and co-founded Neo Democrats. He has also been serving as the Chairman of the Sai Kung District Council since 2020. (Photo: Ben Chung’s Facebook page)

Charge, Incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

  Incident: Organising and coordinating Hong Kong pro-democracy primary elections (July 2020)

Dr. Andrew Chiu Ka-yin (35)

Former convenor, Power for Democracy

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Dr. Andrew Chiu has been serving as a member of the Eastern District Council for Tai Koo Shing West since 2008. He was also formerly a member of the Democratic Party, strategy committee member of the Professional Commons, and chairperson of the Hong Kong Society of Accredited Mediators. (Photo: VOA News)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

  Incident: Organising and coordinating Hong Kong pro-democracy primary elections (July 2020)

Gordon Ng Ching-hang (42)

Pro-democracy activist 

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Ng Ching-hang, who goes by the pseudonym Lee Bak Lou on LIHKG, initiated a petition to affect voter sentiment. Ng also transferred HK$135,000 to Apple Daily for a front-page advertisement on 3 July 2020 promoting the democratic primaries. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

  Incident: Organising and coordinating the unofficial pro-democracy primary elections (July 2020)

Claudia Mo Man-ching (64）

Former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Claudia Mo is a former journalist and a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 2012 to 2020 representing the Kowloon West constituency. She was a member of the Civic Party from 2006 to 2016, and founded the localist group Hong Kong First in 2013.

She was one of the 47 arrestees under the National Security Law for “subversion of state” over their participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020. She has been detained since February 2020 and her bail application was denied in April 2021. (Photo: HKFP)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Subversion of state under the National Security Law

  Incident: “35+” democratic primaries (July 2020)

Jeremy Tam Man-ho (46)

Former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Jeremy Tam was the Vice-Chairperson of the Civic Party’s Kowloon East branch and served in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 2016 to 2020, representing the Kowloon East constituency.

Tam resigned alongside 14 other pro-democracy legislators in November 2020 in response to Beijing’s decision to unseat four democratic lawmakers. He was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020 and was rejected bail in April 2021. (Photo: Civic Party via HKFP)

Charges, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Subversion of state under the National Security Law

  Incident: “35+” democratic primaries (July 2020)

Joshua Wong Chi-fung (24)

Former secretary-general, Demosisto
Founding member, Scholarism

*Currently in jail. A total of 23.5 months of imprisonment.

Joshua Wong was one of the leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 student-led Umbrella Movement in which roads in central Hong Kong were blocked for 79 days. Wong was 17 years old at the time. In 2018, Wong was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Umbrella Movement.

In 2012, Wong, aged 15, formed the now disbanded student activist group Scholarism together with activists Agnes Chow and Oscar Lai. In the same year, Wong rallied more than 100,000 people to protest against the Hong Kong government’s plans to implement mandatory national education in schools. 

Wong was also among the 12 opposition candidates who ran in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections which were to be held in September 2019, but postponed due to Covid-19. In July 2020, Wong won in his district in an unofficial primary election organised by the pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong. (Photo: Joshua Wong’s Twitter)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

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

  Incident: Protest outside the Wan Chai Police Station in June 2019

  Sentencing: 13.5 imprisonment (The Standard, Al Jazeera)

• Charge: Taking part in an unauthorised assembly and violating the anti-mask law by wearing a face covering at the assembly

  Incident: Causeway Protest in October 2019

  Sentencing: 4 months imprisonment (HKFP, Reuters)

• Charge: Participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 10 months imprisonment, reduced to 8 months imprisonment after appeal (HKFP)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

  Incident: “35+” democratic primaries (July 2020)

Tam Tak Chi (48)

Former vice president, localist group People Power

*Currently remanded in custody.

Tam Tak Chi was formerly the vice president of the People Power political party and a former radio host. He took a leading supporting role in the 2014 Occupy Central Movement. He won an unofficial primary poll organised by the opposition to select candidates for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in July 2020. (Photo: Etan Liam, via Flickr & HKFP)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Tam Tak Chi was found guilty at the District Court for 11 out of 14 charges, including uttering seditious words, holding or convening an unauthorised assembly, incitement to knowingly take part in an unauthorised assembly, and refusing to obey an order given by an authorised officer. He was acquitted of two charges of disorderly conduct in a public place, and one count of conspiracy to utter seditious words. The case has been adjourned to 31 March 2022 when Tam Tak Chi will receive his sentence. (HKFP)

Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai (27)

Former vice chairperson, Demosisto

*Currently in jail.

Tiffany Yuen was the Vice Chairperson of Demosisto before leaving the party in 2018. She has been serving as the District Councillor of the Tin Wan District since 2020. She also participated in the “35+” democratic primaries to represent the democratic camp in the Hong Kong Island constituency. (Photo: Stand News Facebook page)

Charge, incident, court date & sentence:

• Charge: Knowingly participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: 4 months imprisonment (The Standard)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Andy Chui Tsz-kin (54)

District Councillor, Kwun Lung District

*Currently remanded in jail.

Andy Chui founded the ‘Umbrella Fathers and Mothers’ during the Umbrella Movement in 2014. He won the District Council election in 2015, and started serving as District Councillor representing the Yue Wan constituency in 2016.

Andy has been detained since February 2020 and his bail application was denied by High Court Justice Esther Toh in April 2020. (Photo: Andy Chui’s Facebook page)

Charge, incident, court date and sentence:

• Charge: Organising unauthorised assembly

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

  Sentencing: 6 months of imprisonment (The Standard)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Prince Wong Ji-yuet (24)

Former spokesperson, Scholarism

*Currently on bail.

Prince Wong Ji-Yuet is the former spokesperson of the now-disbanded Scholarism. Wong was involved in the Umbrella Revolution of 2014 and the anti-extradition bill protests in 2019. She also participated in the “35+” democratic primaries, running to represent the democratic camp in the New Territories West constituency. (Photo: Stand News’ Facebook page)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Fergus Leung Fong-wai (24)

Former member, Central and Western District Council

*Currently remanded in custody.

Fergus Leung Fong-wai is a Hong Kong politician, formerly serving as a member of the Central and Western District Council representing the Kwun Lung constituency. Leung ran as an independent localist in the 2019 District Council elections and won his seat with 50.69% of the vote. He also participated in the “35+” democratic primaries, running to represent the democratic camp in the Hong Kong Island constituency. (Photo: HKFP)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Raymond Chan Chi-chuen (49) 

Former Chairman, People Power

*Currently on bail.

Raymond Chan is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the New Territories East constituency from 2012 to 2020. He is also the former Chairman of the People Power political party, radio presenter of Commercial Radio Hong Kong, and chief executive officer of Hong Kong Reporter.

During his political career, Chan was a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights in Hong Kong, including nondiscrimination legislation.

Chan demonstrated his opposition to the National Anthem Bill in the Legislative Council chamber on several occasions between May and June 2020, among which he was assaulted by a pro-Beijing lawmaker on the council floor. While Chan’s private prosecution over the pro-Beijing lawmaker’s assault was dropped by the Hong Kong Justice Department, he was arrested the following November for splashing pungent liquids and other items during the incidents. 

Chan resigned from the Legislative Council in September 2020 after former Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam postponed legislative elections by one year, citing the Covid-19 pandemic. Shortly after his resignation, he was arrested in January 2021 under the National Security Law for participating in an unofficial primary election for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in July 2020. He was released on bail in September 2021. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, Incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Contempt

  Incident: Chan attempted to disrupt the passage of the National Anthem Bill in the Legislative Council on 4 June 2020 by using rotten plants or fertiliser to create a stink in the legislature

  Sentencing: Chan was fined HK$100,000 (HKFP)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Lam Cheuk-ting (43)

Former senior member, Democratic Party 

*Currently remanded in custody.

Lam was a senior figure in the Democratic Party. His political career started in 1999 when he joined the Democratic Party and became assistant of former Hong Kong lawmaker Albert Ho. He left the party in 2006 to join the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as an investigator, and he returned to the Democratic Party as chief executive in 2011. 

In the mob attack that took place inside Yuen Long metro station on 21 July 2019, Lam suffered an injury to his mouth that required 18 stitches while he was filming the incident, but was later on arrested for rioting. 

He was prosecuted by the ICAC for allegedly disclosing the personal information of individuals being investigated by police in relation to the Yuen Long mob attacks in July 2019. He pleaded not guilty on 27 April 2021. 

Lam was arrested in January 2021 under the National Security Law for participating in an unofficial election primary for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in July 2020. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Rioting

  Incident: Participating in a riot in the Yuen Long metro station on 21 July 2019

• Charge: Conspiring with others to damage property and obstructing the course of justice

  Incident: Lam was arrested for participating in a protest on 6 July 2020 outside the Tuen Mun Police Station. Lam and others surrounded a man who might have been filming the protest. The man's phone was taken away by someone without consent. (The Standard)

• Charge: Three counts of disclosing the identity of a person being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption

  Incident: Lam was accused of announcing at three press conferences between November 2019 and July 2020 that the ICAC was looking into then district commander for crime of Yuen Long, Yau Nai-keung, in connection with the Yuen Long incident.

  Sentencing: Four months of jail time for each conviction to be served concurrently. Deducting time served and time in custody, Lam was granted bail as he awaits appeal against the conviction. He remains in custody. (HKFP)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Kwok Ka-ki (59)

Former member, Civic Party

*Currently remanded in custody.

Kwok Ka-ki was a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council in which he served three terms representing the Medical functional constituency from 2004 to 2008 and the New Territories West constituency between 2012 and 2020. He has been a member of the Civic Party since 2010. He is also a private urology doctor in Hong Kong. 

Kwok was one of the four high-profile Civic Party members who were disqualified from the Legislative Council in November 2020. The disqualification was ordered by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. 

Kwok was arrested in January 2021 under the National Security Law for participating in an unofficial primary election for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in July 2020. He then resigned from the Civic Party during his lengthy bail hearings in March 2021, which was followed by the disbanding of the party in April 2021. (Photo: In-Media via HKFP)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Helena Wong Pik-wan (61)

Former member, Democratic Party

*Currently on bail.

Helena Wong Pik-wan was a former Hong Kong lawmaker for the Kowloon West constituency between 2012 and 2020. She co-founded Hong Kong’s first major pro-democracy party, the United Democrats of Hong Kong, in 1989.  

Between 1999 and 2019, Wong taught as a lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a focus on Hong Kong and Mainland China and women’s issues. She also raised alarm regarding the safety of Hong Kong’s water supplies in 2015, urging the government to fix the crisis.  

Wong was one of a group of 47 pan-democrats charged with subversion under the National Security Law. Since she was granted bail in March 2021, she is required to observe a curfew and report to a police station several times a week. Wong is also banned from making any speeches, contacting foreign offices, or engaging in acts that could violate the National Security Law. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

• Charge: Contempt

  Incident: Wong was arrested for causing disruption during a Hong Kong Legislative Council meeting on 8 May 2020 (The Guardian)

Tat Cheng Tat-hung (32)

Former member, Civic Party

*Currently on bail.

Tat Cheng Tat-hung won the 2015 District Council election for the Tanner constituency, becoming the only pro-democracy Eastern District Councillor in North Point. He was also a candidate in the unofficial Hong Kong Legislative Council primary election in July 2020, and was arrested in January 2021 by the National Security Department in Hong Kong. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Lester Shum Ngo-fai (27)

Former deputy secretary-general, Hong Kong Federation of Students 

*Currently in jail.

Lester Shum Ngo-fai was born in New York in the United States, and moved to Hong Kong in the mid-1990s. He studied Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Shum was the vice president of the Student Union at CUHK from 2013 to 2014, and after that he served as deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students between 2014 and 2015. He was one of the leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement. 

Shum’s political career started when he became an assistant to former lawmaker Eddie Chu Hoi-dick in 2016. He was later elected to represent the Hoi Bun constituency in the Tsuen Wan District in 2019. 

Shum was disqualified from the Hong Kong Legislative Council election in July 2020 after taking part in the unofficial pro-democracy primaries. He was later arrested in January 2021 and charged with subversion, along with 46 activists and politicians in February 2021.

Alongside activist Joshua Wong and former district councillors Jannelle Rosalynne Leung and Tiffany Yuen, Lester was also charged with taking part in an unauthorised assembly for a June 4th candlelight vigil in Causeway Bay in 2019. He was sentenced to six months in prison on 6 May 2021. (Photo: HKFP)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020

  Sentencing: Six months imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu (40)

Former leader, Civic Party

*Currently remanded in custody.

Alvin Yeung Kgok-Kiu is a Hong Kong barrister and the leader of the Civic Party. He served as the member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council from 2016 to 2020, representing the New Territories East constituency.

On 11 November 2020, he was disqualified by Beijing from the Legislative Council, along with three other pro-democracy lawmakers. This disqualification led to the mass resignation of pan-democratic lawmakers. He was arrested in January 2021 on suspicion of subversion of state under the National Security Law for participating in the “35+” democratic primaries. (Photo: VOA Cantonese)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Sam Cheung Ho-sum (28)

Former member, Hong Kong District Council

*Currently remanded in custody.

Sam Cheung is the former District Councillor representing the San Hui District, and a former member of the Tuen Mun Community Network. He ran in the “35+” democratic primaries for the New Territories West constituency and came in second. In January 2021, he was arrested on suspicion of subversion of state under the National Security Law and has been in custody since. (Photo: Sum Cheung’s Twitter)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Frankie Fung Tat-chun (25)

Convenor, Peninsular Commons

*Currently remanded in custody.

Frankie Fung Tat-Chun participated in the District Council elections in 2019 for the Lung Shing District. He was the founder of the online media outlet DB Channel, and convenor of the political group Peninsular Commons.

He participated in the “35+” democratic primaries representing the Kowloon West constituency, and was arrested in January 2021 on suspicion of subversion of state under the National Security Law. (Photo: Stand News Facebook page)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Nathan Lau Chak-fung (24)

Former President, Hong Kong Shue Yan University Student Council

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Nathan Lau Chak-fung is a student activist, the former President of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University Student Council, and a former member of the Hong Kong Federation of Students.

He participated in the “35+” democratic primaries and was arrested in January 2021 on suspicion of subversion of state under the National Security Law. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Eddie Chu Hoi-dick (43) 

Founder, Local Action 

*Currently remanded in jail.

Eddie Chu Hoi-dick was actively involved in cultural conservation and environmental issues in Hong Kong and founded an activist group called Local Action. Since 2006, he had led conservation campaigns to protect historical and rural sites in Hong Kong including the Star Ferry Pier, Choi Yuen Village and North East New Territories New Development Areas. 

Chu was a former Hong Kong Legislative Council member from 2016 to 2020, before resigning in 28 September 2020. Chu was arrested in November 2020 along with six other democrats, in connection to disruptive but harmless incidents during Legislative Council meetings. Chu was arrested for his alleged organisation and participation in an unauthorised march on 1 July in Wanchai the same year.  

Chu was one of the 53 pro-democracy politicians who was arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021. He was accused of alleged subversion in connection with the unofficial primary elections for the Hong Kong Legislative Council. (Photo: Eddie Chu’s Facebook page)

Charges, incidents & sentences:

• Charge: Contempt

  Incident: Chu threw biofertiliser on the floor of the chamber on 4 June 2020 during a Legislative Council meeting in an attempt to disrupt the passage of the National Anthem Bill

  Sentencing: Chu was fined HK$100,000 (HKFP)

• Charge: Knowingly participating in an unauthorised assembly

  Incident: June 4th Vigil in 2020

  Sentencing: 6 months of imprisonment (The Standard)

• Charge: Organising and knowingly participating in an unauthorised assembly

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

  Sentencing: 6 months of imprisonment (SCMP)

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying (34)

Founder, Kickstart Wanchai community group

*Currently on bail.

Clarisse Yeung was a graduate of fine arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

She was a part-time post-secondary institute lecturer specialising in arts, culture and policy research. 

She co-founded the Umbrella Movement Visual Archive during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. She was first elected as a member of the Wanchai District Council in 2016 then elected as a chairman in 2019.   

Clarisse was one of the 53 pro-democracy politicians who got arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021. She was accused of alleged subversion in connection with unofficial primary elections held by the opposition camp last July. Soon after the arrest, she disbanded her political group ‘Kickstart Wanchai’ – a district-based coalition that aimed to bring new changes to Wanchai residents.  (Photo: Clarisse Yeung’s Facebook page)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Carol Ng Man-yee  (50) 

Former chairwoman - Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), British Airways Hong Kong International Cabin Crew Association (BAHKICCA)
Former general secretary, Hong Kong Cabin Crew Federation (HKCCF)

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Carol is no stranger to a lot of Hong Kongers. She was the chairwoman of the Confederation of Trade Unions and the British Airways Hong Kong International Cabin Crew Association. She had served British Airways as a flight attendant for 30 years and a mother of two. 

Carol led the BNHKICCA and was successful in fighting for the rights of employees including extending the retirement age from 45 to 65 for foreign crews after several years in the courts since 2007. 

In 2016, she led the first HKCCF’s protest taking on former chief executive of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying over the handling of a piece of left luggage belonging to his daughter. As a result, 2,500 people showed up at the airport to support the federation and in 2018. After a judicial review made by the federation, the High Court judge ruled that the decisions made by the Airport Authority and the security company were contrary to the regulations set out in the Hong Kong Aviation Security Programme. The court also made a declaration in favour of the judicial review applicant, and ordered the Airport Authority and the security company to pay costs.

Ng was one of the candidates who were arrested under the National Security Law for her participation in the 35+ pro-democracy primaries in July 2021. Her case was raised in the Parliament by John McDonnell MP and he asked the UK Government to “call upon Chinese authorities to halt the prosecution and secure her release”. (Photo: HKFP)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Shun Lee Yue-shun (27) 

Former member, Civic Party 

*Currently on bail.

Lee Yue-shun was elected to the District Council in 2019 and has been serving the Kam Ping constituency of the Eastern District. Prior to that he was a social worker in Hong Kong. 

He was arrested in January 2021 under the National Security Law for participating in the 35+ democratic primaries in July 2020. Lee’s bail application was granted. Judge Toh of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal “cited arguments by Shun Lee’s defence counsel, who said Lee has no local or international profile, only got about two percent of the votes in the Primaries, and belonged to the more moderate group of young persons propelled by events to try to get into Legco.”   (Photo: RTHK) 

Charge, incident, court date & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under National Security Law

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

Ng Kin-wai (25) 

Convenor, Tin Shui Wai Connection 

*Currently remanded in custody.

Ng Kin-wai is a social activist. In 2019, he ran against a pro-Beijing incumbent and won the election for Yuen Long District Council and became a district Councillor of the Kingswood North Constituency. 

In July 2020, he ran in the 35+ democratic primaries in the New Territories West constituency and came in fourth by receiving 20,525 votes. 

In January 2021, Ng was arrested under the National Security Law for his participation in the primaries in July 2020. In May 2021, Ng was charged with ‘prohibited group gathering’ for his organization of the protest to urge the Hong Kong Police to investigate the ‘7.21 Yuen Long Attacks’ incident on 19 July 2020. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a fine for HKD10,000.   (Photo:  Ng Kin-wai’s facebook page) 

Charge, incident, court date & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Henry Wong Pak-yu (30)

Former member, District Council 
Spokesman, Tin Shui Wai New Force 

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Henry Wong graduated from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. 

He became a District Councillor for the Tin Heng Constituency of the Yuen Long District Council in 2019. 

Wong was among the 53 members of the pro-democracy politicians who were arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020.   (Photo: Wong Pak Yu’s facebook via RTHK) 

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Roy Tam Hoi-pong (40)

Former member - District Council

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied.

Roy Tam Hoi-pong was elected as a District Council for the New Territories West constituency in 2015. He was a secondary school teacher before he started his political career.

Tam is an environmentalist and advocate for animal welfare. He is an environmental science undergraduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He founded two NGOs - Footprint in 2002 and Green Sense in 2006 to educate citizens about environmental issues in Hong Kong. Light pollution and shark-finning are among the issues successfully publicized by Green Sense.

Tam was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries last year. In April 2021, he announced on social media that he had resigned from his post as a District Councillor, saying that he has been unable to receive information since his arrest in January 2021 and he was unable to serve his residents in Ma Wan personally while in prison on remand. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident & sentence:

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law

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

Mike Lam King-nam (32)

Business owner  

*Currently on bail.

Mike Lam King-nam is widely known as the founder of the popular Thai groceries retail chain ‘AbouThai’.

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. During the primary election, Abouthai storefronts were used as polling stations and some of the stores have introduced promotions to encourage people to shop there.

A series of co-ordinated customs raids on outlets of a Hong Kong retail chain – whose founder is accused of breaking the city’s tough new national security laws – has sparked claims that the action was politically motivated.

In April 2021, a series of raids by the Hong Kong Customs on a AbouThai warehouse and 25 stores in 18 districts across the city took place. Customs chiefs said they were carried out in connection with missing safety warnings on cleaning products but the raids sparked claims that the action was politically motivated. (Photo: HKFP)

Charge, incident, court date & sentence:

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Gary Fan Kwok-wai (54)

Former member - Hong Kong Legislative Council, District Council
Former leading member, Democratic Party (reformist faction)
Former convenor, Neo Democrats

*Currently remanded in custody, bail denied*

Gary Fan Kwok-wai is a graduate of San Francisco State University. He started his political career after returning to Hong Kong.

Fan was first as a member of the Sai Kung District Council in 1999. He was then elected as a member of the Legislative Council in 2012. He took an anti-immigration stance in the council. In 2013, he and Claudia Mo formed ‘HK First’ to raise concerns and challenge the Hong Kong government’s immigration policies on allowing 150 mainland Chinese immigrants to enter Hong Kong daily which was claimed to be the ‘root of housing problem’ in Hong Kong.

In January 2021, he was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. He had resigned from his position as a District Councillor in March 2021. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident, court date & sentence:

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Andrew Wan Siu-kin (51)

Former member, District Council, Hong Kong Legislative Council
Former vice chairman, Democratic Party

*Currently remanded in custody*

Andrew Wan Siu-kin graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor degree of Social Science in Social Work in 1969. He also studied at the University of Essex from 2006 and graduated with Bachelor and Master of Arts in Sociology.

Wan started his political career in 2002 as the assistant of former legislator Leung Yiu-chung. He was elected as member of the District Council twice in 2003 and 2007. He became the Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party in 2014.

He was arrested in November 2020 in connection with the melee that had broken out in the Legislative Council in May 2020. He was then arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020.

He announced in May 2021 that he decided to resign from the Kwai Tsing District Council.

Charge, incident, court date & sentence:

• Charge: inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly and knowingly participating in an unlawful assembly

  Incident: June 4th Vigil in 2020

  Sentencing: 10 months of imprisonment (Dim Sum Daily)

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Wu Chi-wai (58)

Activist
Former chairman, Democratic Party
Former member - Hong Kong Legislative Council, District Council 

*Currently in jail*

Wu Chi-wai received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1991. After he returned to Hong Kong, he started his political career as an assistant for Legislative Councillor Conrad Lam. 

He was elected as a member of the Urban Council in 1995 before it was demolished in 1999. He won a seat in the Wong Tai Sin District Council in 1999 and had served the King Fu Constituency until 2019. 

Wu was elected as a member of the Legislative Council (LegCo) in 2012 and 2016. He also became the chairman of the Democratic Party with 92 percent of the vote in 2016 when Emily Lau retired from both LegCo and the party leadership. 

In November 2020, 15 democratic lawmakers including Wu resigned en masse in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues from LegCo. 

Wu was arrested twice in 2020 for taking part in the melee that broke out in LegCo in May 2020 for allegedly inciting and taking part in an unauthorized assembly (the annual 7.1. march) in December 2020. 

In January 2021, he was arrested under the National Security Law for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. While Wu was remanded in custody, his 92-year-old father passed away, but Correctional Services Department rejected Wu’s application to attend his father’s funeral and offered to allow him to watch the funeral online instead. Subsequently, a High Court judge granted Wu  short-term bail so that he could attend his father’s funeral. He stayed for only 40 minutes before he was escorted back to the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre. (Photo: Democratic Party via HKFP)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: Participating in an unlawful assembly

  Incident: June 4 vigil in 2020

  Sentencing: 4 months and 2 weeks of imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly and knowingly participating in an unlawful assembly

  Incident: Protest against the national security law on 1 July 2020

  Sentencing: 10 months of imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Ventus Lau Wing-hong (28) 

Politician
Convenor, Shatin Community Network 
Founding convenor, Community Network Union 

*Currently remanded in custody*

Ventus Lau Wing-hong has been active in politics since he was a student. He was invited to join the pro-democracy Neo Democrats by his secondary school teacher Roy Tam Hoi-pong in early 2014. 

When he was studying in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he founded the ‘CUHK Local Society’ dedicated to the promotion of greater autonomy of Hong Kong. He was also the community officer of Pok Hong in Sha Tin, dedicated to community services in the district. 

He ran for a seat in the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 2018 but was disqualified for the support he showed for an independent Hong Kong on his Facebook page.  

In 2019, he led a march to deliver letters to local G-20 consulates urging global intervention against the extradition bill.  

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. (Photo: Ventus Lau’s Facebook page) 

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Ricky Or Yiu-lam (50)

Member, District Council
Former member - Democratic Party

*Currently on bail*

Ricky Or Yiu-lam started his political career in 2003. He was elected to be a member of the Sai Kung District Council in 2003 and he was the chairman of the Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People’s Livelihood.  

He joined ‘The Frontier’,a political group founded by Emily Lau and ran in the Legislative Council elections in 2004 and in 2012, being elected both times.

Or was one of the marshals in the pro-democracy protest in 2014. He helped subdue three men who allegedly attacked Jimmy Lai but was arrested for fighting in public.  

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Kalvin Ho Kai-ming (32) 

Member, District Council 
Former chairman, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL)

*Currently on bail*

Kalvin Ho Kai-ming graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a degree in Sociology. He joined ADPL and became the convenor and then chairman of the association. He has been a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council for Nam Cheong East since 2016. 

Ho has been committed to community work, conservation and livelihood issues in the city throughout his political career. 

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. Prior to his arrest, he was promoting a petition with the goal of 10,000 signatures from citizens of Hong Kong to urge the authorities to declare a post-colonial century-old service reservoir at Bishop Hill in Shek Kip Mei a historical monument.  (Photo: Kalvin Ho’s Facebook page)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit (34) 

Activist 
Member, District Council
Secretary, Rainbow of Hong Kong
Former convenor, Civil Human Rights Front 

*Currently remanded in custody* 

Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit Sham was elected to the Sha Tin District Council during the 2019 District Council elections. He represents the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats in Lek Yuen constituency.

Sham has been an activist for LGBT rights and pro-democracy movements in the city. He served in the pro-democracy organization Civil Human Rights Front and the LGBT rights organization Rainbow of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the League of Social Democrats. 

He took part in major protests in Hong Kong including the Occupy Central protest and the annual 7.1 March. He was arrested after the annual 7.1 March in 2011 for participating in unlawful assembly. 

He suffered head injuries from several attacks by masked men with hammers and iron tubes during the protests in 2019 and 2020. 

In August 2020, he was disqualified from the legislative council elections by the Hong Kong government after the government announced to postpone the elections due to the pandemic.

Sham was named by the Time magazine as one of "20 people to watch" in 2020. He was the only Hong Kong citizen on the list.

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. (Photo: Jimmy Sham’s Facebook page)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Hendrick Lui Chi-hang (39)   

Activist
Social worker
Founder, Christians to the World 
Member, North District Blueprint

*Currently on bail*

Hendrick Lui Chi-hang studied Social Work at university. He established a Christian-oriented pro-democracy political group in 2016 to encourage political activeness of Christians in Hong Kong. He ran in the district council elections in 2015, 2016 and 2019. 

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in an unofficial election primary which was held in July 2020. 

Lui was also arrested for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations previously. In July 2017, he was arrested at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border and then taken to mainland China without going through mainland Chinese immigration and was detained in Shenzhen for a solo protest. During the protest, he read out a manifesto on the busy Lo Wu border bridge. 

In 2019, he was arrested after questioning riot police and government workers who were removing posters from a “Lennon Wall” outside the Fanling MTR Station. 

In March 2020, he was arrested for holding a sign remembering the 7.21 Yuen Long MTR Station Attacks and was fined HKD1,000.  (Photo: Hendrick Lui’s Facebook Page)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Lawrence Lau Wai-Chung (53) 

Lawyer
Member, District Council 
Columnist

*Currently on bail*

Lawrence Lau Wai-chung graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1993. He joined the Hong Kong Police and was the assistant of Allen Lee Peng-fei, former chairman of the Liberal Party before he became a lawyer in 1995.

He was elected as member of District Council in 2019 and has been serving the Sham Shui Po constituency. He has also been providing legal assistance to many young people who were arrested during the protests in Hong Kong between 2019 and 2020. 

In an interview with The Reporter, Lau said: ““Democracy blazes forth during the anti-extradition bill protests. The people will stand for their conscience.”

He was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020. (Photo: Lawrence Lau’s facebook page)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

  More details to follow.

Kinda Li Ka-tat (29)

Former member, District Council
Founder, Civic Autonomy Power

*Currently remanded in custody*

Kinda Li Ka-tat is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. He was a registered social worker before becoming a member of the Kwun Tong District Council in 2019. 

He set up a local group ‘Civic Autonomy Power’ with other social work students to serve the Sau Mau Ping community in 2014. 

Li was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020 and while he was remanded in custody, he resigned from the District Council in April 2021.  (Photo: Kinda Li’s facebook page)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Sze Tak-loy (38)

Member, District Council
Former Chairman, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood

*Currently on bail*

Sze Tak-loy was elected as a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council in 2015. 

He was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020. 

He was granted bail in March 2021. High Court judge Esther Toh said in a judgement that she had considered the defence argument that Sze lost in the primaries. Although the prosecution alleged that Sze “had used strong words against the Hong Kong government,” the defence argued that this was “electioneering rhetoric” and that since losing in the primaries, Sze had not said anything further. (Source: HKFP) (Photo: HKFP)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Michael Pang Cheuk-kei (26) 

Entrepreneur
Member, District Council

*Currently on bail*

Michael Pang Cheuk-kei graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Science in 2015 and became an entrepreneur. 

He started an organisation the Youth Business Alliance in 2016 to support young people who wish to start their own businesses. 

Pang has been active in politics since a young age. When he was 14 years old, he became involved with the League of Social Democrats. He became the assistant of former LegCo member Wong Yuk-man in 2012 while studying at the University of Hong Kong. He took part in major protests such as the Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and Anti National Education protests and the 2014 Umbrella Movement. 

In 2019, he was elected as a member of the District Council and has since been serving the Stanley and Shek O districts. 

Pang was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020. (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

  More details to follow.

Winnie Yu Wai-ming (33) 

Nurse
Activist
Founder and former chairwoman, Hospital Authority Employees Alliance

*Currently remanded in custody*

Winnie Yu Wai-ming is a nurse. She volunteered as a paramedic during the Occupy protest, Mong Kok protest, the anti-extradition protest and a Covid-19 related labour strike between 2014 and 2020. 

The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance was founded to call for a city-wide strike to pressure the government during the 2019 anti-extradition protest. Yu became the chairwoman for the alliance. 

She was instrumental in organizing the labour strike in February 2020 to demand full border closure in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong. 

Yu was arrested in January 2021 for her participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020.

Yu was arrested on on 7 March 2022 on suspicion of violating her bail conditions by making comments online that could endanger national security. She was released on bail last July after being charged with conspiracy to subvert state power over an unofficial primary election for the Legislative Council in 2020. Yu's bail conditions include refraining from all acts and speeches that could endanger national security, including taking interviews, as well as running, organising and coordinating any elections. She was detained when she reported back to the Sha Tin Police Station. (SCMP) (Photo: Stand News)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam (30) 

Former reporter, Stand News
Former correspondent, BBC News 

*Currently in jail for a total of 6 months of imprisonment

Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam is a journalist. She obtained a master degree in Journalism through the Erasmus Mundus Programme at the University of Amsterdam. She had previously worked for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and various media outliers including the BBC, the Reporter and Stand News. 

Ho became a prominent frontline reporter during the 2019 pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. She was one of the reporters inside the Legislative Council Complex when protesters stormed into the building in July 2019. She was also present in the 7.21 Yuen Long MTR attack and was live-streaming the incident and in the end got attacked and suffered from minor injuries. Her video footage went viral. 

She was arrested in January 2021 for her participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020. (Photo: Gwyneth Ho’s Facebook page via Stand News)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: Knowingly participating in an unauthorized assembly

  Incident: June 4th Vigil in 2020

  Sentencing: 6 months of imprisonment

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: organising and participating in unofficial primary elections for Legislative Council in July 2020

  More details to follow.

Owen Chow Ka-shing (24)

Activist

*Currently on bail.

Owen Chow Ka-shing studied for a Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in General Health Care at the Open University of Hong Kong. Like many young people in Hong Kong, he was actively involved in the 2019 anti-extradition protest. 

Chow was a candidate in the 2019 District Council election and he ran in the pro-democracy primaries for the 2020 Legislative Council election in which he came fifth in New Territories East and secured the nomination to run in the general election which was postponed by the Hong Kong government. 

Although his dream of becoming a politician did not come true, he joined politicians and activists including Eddie Chu Hoi-dick and Joshua Wong Chi-fung to fight for the safety of the 12 youths who were detained in Mainland China and for access for their families. 

He was arrested in January 2021 for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020.  (Photo: Owen Chow’s Facebook page)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: National Security Law - Conspiracy to commit subversion

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

Andy Li Yu-hin (30)

Activist

*Currently remanded in custody.

Andy Li is a pro-democracy activist. He was first arrested on suspicion of “collusion with foreign forces” under the National Security Law in August 2020.

Alongside 11 others Hong Kong protesters, Andy was arrested by the Chinese authorities on August 23rd 2020 and later on charged by the mainland authorities with “illegal border crossing” and served seven months in jail before being handed over back to Hong Kong on March 22nd 2021.

It was reported by Apple Daily that he is being held in solitary confinement at the maximum-security Siu Lam Psychiatric Center and monitored by “secret-units” of the government. (Photo: RFA)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security

  Incident: Accused of conspiring with Jimmy Lai and Finn Lau between July 2020 and February 2021 to lobby external forces to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China (HKFP)

TonY Chung Hon-lam (20)

*Sentenced for a total of 43 months of imprisonment.

Tony Chung is a pro-Hong-Hong-independence activist and the founder of a now-disbanded localist student organization Studentlocalism. He was the first political figure arrested on suspicion of violating the National Security Law. (Photo: HKFP)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence: 

• Charge: Desecration of the Chinese flag and participating in an unlawful assembly

  Incident: During a confrontation between pro-democracy and pro-government demonstrators on 14 May 2019, Chung snatched a national flag from government supporters, detaching it from its pole.

  Sentencing: four months imprisonment (The Guardian)

• Charge: Secession under National Security Law and Money Laundering

  Incident: Chung was accused of publishing social media posts that called for the public to join protests, to “get rid of Chinese colonial rule,” as well as posts stating the mission and manifesto of his group. Donors' funds were wired to Chung’s personal account.

  Sentencing: 43 months of imprisonment (HKFP)

• Charge: Money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious materials (Not guilty)

Agnes Chow Ting (24)

• Released after 6 months of imprisonment *

Activist 
Former leader, Demosisto (disbanded) 
Former member, Scholarism (disbanded)

Like Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow (at the age of 15) was active in politics and played a leading role in the Umbrella Movement in 2014. She was banned from running in a Legislative Council by-election under rules to curb independent advocacy in 2018. She was active in the anti-government protests in 2019.

Chow is a graduate of the Baptist University of Hong Kong. She is fluent in Japanese and has a strong youth following on social media.

Two Hong Kong Baptist University professors and a teacher from the secondary school attended by Chow wrote letters of leniency to the judge of Chow’s trial. 

They described Chow as a humble, understanding, honest and serious person and also an outspoken young woman.  (Photo: In-Media via HKFP)

Charge, incident, court date & sentence: 

• Charge: inciting others to participate in unlawful assembly and knowingly participating in unauthorized assembly

  Incident: protest outside Hong Kong police headquarters on June 21 2020 against the government

  Sentencing: 10 months of imprisonment (HKFP)

Ivan Lam Long-yin (26) 

*Released after 4 months of imprisonment*

Activist 
Former chairman, Demosisto (disbanded) 
Founding member, Scholarism (disbanded)

Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong met in primary school. In 2011, at age 16 and 14 respectively, they founded Scholarism (disbanded) with an objective to reform the school curriculum against “patriotic education”. 

In 2012, the duo was joined by Agnes Chow and the group led a massive protest against the introduction of National Education in primary education. 

Lam had been convicted four times for pro-democracy protests or rallies against various government proposals. (Photo: Apple Daily Taiwan)

Charge, incident, court date & sentence: 

• Charge: Inciting others to participate in unlawful assembly and knowingly participating in unauthorized assembly

  Incident: Protest outside Hong Kong police headquarters on June 21 2020 against the government

  Sentencing: 7 months of imprisonment (HKFP)

Jeffrey Andrews (35)

Social worker

*Currently on bail*

Jeffrey Andrews is a Hong Konger of Indian descent. He was born and bred in Hong Kong and is one of Hong Kong’s first registered social workers from an ethnic minority group. He has served refugees and members of minority groups in the city for a decade.

Andrews ran in the pro-democracy primary election in July 2020 which made him the first ethnic minority candidate to run for the Legislative Council.  His campaign was to raise awareness for minority inclusion in the city.

In an interview with the South China Morning Post during the protests in 2019, Andrews said that many members of the community were extremely aware of the need to stay within legal boundaries because they knew that one arrest would reflect badly upon them all. He also said: “many of us worked so hard to be part of the so-called mainstream society that we don’t want to risk that”.

He was arrested in January 2021 for taking part in the primary election but was granted bail.

(Photo: Jeffrey Andrews’ Facebook page)

Lee Chi-yung (40)

Spokesman, Association of Parents of the Severely Mentally Handicapped

*Currently on bail*

Lee Chi-yung was a prominent advocate for the disabled in Hong Kong.

He was one of the candidates in the pro-democracy primary election in July 2020. His participation in the primary election was driven by his vision for reforming wheelchair access for the disabled in Hong Kong, which he wanted to do in memory of his daughter who had a severe disability and passed away in 2018.

He was arrested on suspicion of subversion in January 2020 but has not been charged.

(Photo: Lee Chi-yung’s Facebook page)

James To Kun-sun (58)

Lawyer
Former member - Hong Kong Legislative Council, Democratic Party, District Council 

*Currently on bail*

James To Kun-sun earned his Bachelor of Laws with honors from the University of Hong Kong in the 1980s. He went on to secure a post-graduate certificate in laws and became a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong. 

James To was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong between 1991 and 2020. He was Hong Kong’s youngest legislator at the age of 28 when first elected in 1991. He had played a key role to bring international standards of human rights and justice to Hong Kong. 

He was actively involved in the Tiananmen protest in 1989. He co-founded the United Democrats of Hong Kong, the first major pro-democracy party in Hong Kong in 1990. 

In November 2020, he resigned from the Legislative Council in protest of the disqualification of four of their members.

He was one of the 53 pro-democracy politicians who got arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021. He was accused of alleged subversion in connection with unofficial primary elections held by the opposition camp in July 2020. (Photo: HKFP) 

Roy Kwong Chun-yu (38)

District Councillor, social worker, novelist 
Former member - Hong Kong Legislative Council, Democratic Party

*Currently on bail but not charged*

Roy Kwong Chun-yu became involved with politics when he worked as a community officer for a Democratic Party’s Yuen Long District Councillor in 2004. Later he joined the party and became a district councillor of Yuen Long district in 2007. He was re-elected in 2011, 2015 and 2019. 

In 2016, Kwong became a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong by winning a record-breaking number of popular votes. He was actively involved in the Hong Kong protests between 2019 and 2020 and was often seen chanting protest slogans and calling on protesters and police to remain calm. 

Kwong resigned along with 14 other remaining pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020, after the Hong Kong government had disqualified four of pro-democracy legislators that day. 

He was one of the 53 pro-democracy politicians who got arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021. He was accused of alleged subversion in connection with unofficial primary elections held by the opposition camp last July.   (Photo: HKFP) 

Michael Felix Lau Hoi-man (36) 

Chairman, Hong Kong Allied Health Professionals and Nurses Association 

*Currently on bail*

Michael Felix Lau Hoi-man is a frontline nurse at a public hospital in Hong Kong. He was active in the medical community and had advocated for medical workers during the pandemic as a leading voice of the workers’ union. 

Lau ran in the pro-democracy primary election in July 2020 in which he contested the health-sector candidacy. In an interview with the Apple Daily, he said he did not believe in the more extreme political agendas such as mutual assured destruction (“if we burn, you burn with us”) but he was arrested in January 2021 for his taking part in the election. 

He has not been charged and was released on bail. ((Photo: Lau Hoi-man’s Facebook page)

Yuen Wai-kit (37)

Former principal, Union Hospital School of Nursing

*Currently on bail* 

Yuen Wai-kit was a frontline nurse at a public hospital in Hong Kong before becoming the principal of the Union Hospital School of Nursing. He was also a graduate of the school. 

Yuen was a candidate of the pro-democracy primary election in July 2020 and contested the health sector candidacy. His campaign was to improve the welfare of medical workers in the health sectors. 

He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in the election but was released on bail. 

In an interview with Stand News, Yuen said that the school had suggested he resign with immediate effect in February. He said that he belongs to the ‘peaceful pro-democracy camp’ and wondered what Hong Kong’s future is when even such a moderate political agenda is prohibited. He said he has no regrets in taking part in the election.  (Photo: Stand News)

Dr. Joseph Lee Kok-long (61)

Former Chairman, Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff

*Currently on bail.

Dr. Joseph Lee Kok-long was a member of the Legislative Council, representing the Health Services functional constituency from 2004 to 2020. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 2006 and awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2009 by the HKSAR government. 

Lee was the Founding Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies of the Open University of Hong Kong. He led the department for 23 years before he resigned in 2019. Each year, 800 students graduated from the department under his leadership. 

He was also the Chairman of the Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff (AHKNS) - the biggest nurses union in the city which has 20,000 members. He had been fighting for the rights of nurses in Hong Kong and advocating for the revamp of government health policy. 

In 2019, the Association staged a protest at the government headquarters to urge the government to tackle the situation of nurses and hospital staff working extra shifts, skipping meals and reaching the breaking point during the peak flu seasons every year. 

He ran in the pro-democracy primary election in July 2020. He was arrested in January 2021 for participating in the election but was released on bail. In an interview with the Apple Daily in March 2021, Lee said he will not take part in any political events or elections. (Photo: Stand News)

John Clancey (79) 

Human rights lawyer
U.S. citizen
Chairman, Asian Human Rights Commission, Asian Legal Resource Center 
Treasurer, Power for Democracy 

*Currently on bail.

John Clancey is a veteran activist and a long-time resident of Hong Kong. He was admitted to practice as a solicitor in the city in 1997 and has been working for a law firm co-founded by Albert Ho and partners. He is also a founding member of the Executive Committee of the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group. 

He was arrested on suspicion of subversion in January 2021 due to his involvement with the pro-democracy primary election in July 2020 during which he served as the treasurer for the political group Power for Democracy. 

In an interview with Stand News, he said: “History is changed when people don’t give up.” 

Clancey’s arrest made him the first US citizen held under the National Security Law. (Photo: Stand News)

Edmund Wan Yiu-sing (52)

Radio host

*Currently remanded in custody.

Edmund Wan Yiu-Sing, also known as DJ Giggs, is a popular radio host in Hong Kong. He has been remanded in custody since he was arrested in February 2021.  

Wan was first charged with four counts of committing an act with a seditious intention in his radio show ‘D100’ in August 2020. While in custody, he was charged with an additional  five counts of money laundering and one count of sedition so now he faces a total of 10 charges as of May 2021.

He was denied bail.

(Photo: Radio D100 via HKFP)

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence:

• Charge: Acting with seditious intent and 5 counts of money laundering

• Incident: He allegedly committed the offenses when hosting his online radio shows on August 8, August 15, September 5 and October 10 in 2020. He was accused of intending to "bring hatred or contempt, or excite disaffection" against the central and SAR governments, exciting discontent or disaffection among Hong Kongers and suggesting disobedience of the law. (The Standard)

Yeung Ching Kee (55)

Former editorial writer and senior columnist of Apple Daily 

Currently remanded in custody

Yeung Ching-kee (also known as Lee Ping), an editorial writer for Apple Daily, was arrested on June 23 2021 for conspiring to collude with foreign powers. The first hearing will be held on 24 February in the High Court Court.

Charge, incident, Court date & sentence:

• Charge: conspiracy to collude with foreign forces (HKFP)

• Charge: conspiracy to publish in seditious publications (Reuters)

Pro-democracy activist, singer and former member of the Cantopop boy group E-kids

*Sentenced for a total of 26 months of imprisonment.

Tommy Yuen Man On has been an activist supporting the pro-democracy camp over the past years and especially at the height of the 2019 social unrest. He participated in multiple pro-democracy protests and led the Human Rights Day Rally in December 2019. On social media, he was very critical of the Hong Kong and Chinese governments.

On 15 February 2022, Yuen was arrested on suspicion of acting with seditious intent and money laundering. According to Senior Superintendent Steve Li of the National Security Department, Yuen’s social media posts formed the basis of the police’s enforcement actions. He said that “looking at these posts, the only conclusion we can make is that he hopes to incite citizens’ hatred of the government through such seditious language and photos.” He also performed a song containing the protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” during an online concert. According to Li, the slogan “means separatism,” as mentioned in the Tong Ying-kit case, “if the guy sings this song … that would be inciting others to do some illegal acts.”

On 17 February 2022, Yuen was officially charged on one count of committing an act or acts with seditious intention. He was transferred to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. Yuen’s application for bail was denied after Magistrate Andy Cheng Lim-chi concluded that there were insufficient grounds to believe that Yuen would not continue to commit acts endangering national security if bail was approved.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Acting with seditious intent

  Incident: On his social media he cursed judges, made fun of police officers who died or were injured in the line of duty, and criticised government policies during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. He performed a song containing the protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" during an online concert.

Denise Ho (45)

• Trustee of 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund

• Independent local singer, actress and pro-democracy activist

Currently on bail

Denise Ho was charged with failing to apply for registration or exemption from registration within the specified time.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

Charge: Collusion with a Foreign Country or with External Elements to Endanger National Security

Incident: On May 11, 2022, she was arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police for her involvement in the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund".

SZE CHING WEE

• Former fund secretary of 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund

Currently on bail

• On May 11, 2022, Sze was arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police for his involvement in the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund". He was charged with failing to apply for registration or exemption from registration within the specified time.

  Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

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

  Incident: He served as a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Committee.

  Court dates: Pre-trial on 9 August 2022. Trial on 19 -23 September 2022. (Case no.: WKS 4834/2022)

• Charge: Collusion with a Foreign Country or with External Elements to Endanger National Security

  Incident: On May 11, 2022, he was arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police for his involvement in the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund".

Alexandra Wong Fung-yiu (Grandma Wong) (66)

• Veteran activist

Currently in jail - a total of 8 months of imprisonment

Alexandra Wong, who has regularly campaigned for full democracy for Hong Kong, could often be seen waving the Union Jack flag at demonstrations. Wong was charged with two counts of unlawful assembly from 2019, when millions had taken part in months of protracted pro-democracy protests. On 13 July 2022, Wong was sentenced to 8 months of imprisonment for unlawful assembly. (Reuters)

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Unlawful assembly

  Incident: Wong participated in pro-democracy protests from 2019.

  Sentence: 8 months of imprisonment

Ma Chun Man (30)

• Activist

Sentenced 5 years and 9 months of imprisonment.

Ma Chun Man was accused of publicly promoting slogans involving secession on the streets and in media interviews on many occasions. He was charged with inciting others to split the country in Hong Kong between August 15 and November 22, 2020.

After a trial last year, he was convicted of inciting others to the subversion of state power and sentenced to 5 years and 9 months in prison. This case is the first appeal case involving the national security law, and it is of great importance. The final decision has been adjourned to 5 September 2022 for the ruling. (CACC272/2021)

Lancelot Chan Wing-tai (58)

• Former member of the Siu Sai Wan constituency of the Hong Kong Eastern District Council

• Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

• Member of Chai Wan Startup

*Currently in jail. A total of 15 months of imprisonment.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Incitement to knowingly take part in an unauthorized assembly

  Sentence: 15 months of imprisonment (DCCC 107/2021) (Ming Pao)

Five speech therapists in Hong Kong

• LAI MAN LING (26), Chairman of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist

• YEUNG YAT YEE MELODY (27), Vice-chairman of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist

• NG HAU YI SIDNEY (28), Union Secretary of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist

• CHAN YUEN SUM SAMUEL (25), Treasurer of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist

• FONG TSZ HO (26), General Council Commissioner of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapist

*All of them are currently in jail. They were each sentenced to 19 months of imprisonment.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: conspiracy to print, publish, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications

• Incident: Publication of a series of children’s books depicting a “sheep village” under attack from “wolves”

• Sentence: 19 months of imprisonment (WKCC 3458/2021)

Yeung Tsz-chun (32)

Teacher and publisher

*Sentenced to 9 months of imprisonment.

On June 12, 2019, during a demonstration against the extradition bill, former teacher Yeung Tsz-Chun was shot in the right eye. Yeung was arrested in hospital for "rioting" and released unconditionally after a few months. But nearly three years later, he was rearrested and charged with two counts of "participating in an unlawful assembly".

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: two counts of "participating in an unlawful assembly"

  Incident: Yeung participated in a demonstration against the extradition bill on June 12, 2019 and was shot in the right eye.

  Sentence: 9 months of imprisonment (HCMA227/2022)

Chow Hang-tung (36)

Former vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance

*Currently in jail. A total of 22 months imprisonment.

Chow Hang-tung is the former vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. On 4 June 2021, Chow was arrested for allegedly publicizing a banned public assembly - the Tiananmen Massacre vigil. On 30 June 2021, Chow was re-arrested for inciting an illegal assembly, which was scheduled to take place on July 1. On 7 September 2021, Chow, along with Simon Leung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Chan To-wai, former committee members of the Hong Kong Alliance, were arrested after they publicly refused a police demand for information as part of a national security probe into the organisation. (Photo: AFP via Radio Free Asia)

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly and knowingly participating in an unlawful assembly

  Incident: June 4 vigil in 2020

  Sentencing: 12 months of imprisonment

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

  Incident: June 4 vigil in 2021

  Sentencing: 15 months of imprisonment

• Charge: failing to comply with police information request

  Incident: Chow and her organisation failed to furnish national security officers with details about the group’s members, financial reports and activities.

Wong Yat-chin (21)

Former Convenor of "Student Politicism"

*Sentenced to a total of 36 months of imprisonment.

The prosecution listed seven street booths held by the defunct group with themes ranging from supporting the 12 Hongkongers captured by Chinese coastguards as they tried to flee to Taiwan, to resisting the government’s Covid-19 anti-epidemic measures.

That is: From October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021, conspiring with others in Hong Kong to incite others to organize, plan, carry out or Participate in the following acts aimed at subverting state power by force, the threat of use of force or other illegal means.

Wong was also said to have sought to incite others to build a “Hong Kong nation” during his speeches at the street booths. The former convenor, according to the prosecution, also told the public to ensure “mental and physical preparation” for revolution.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Conspiracy to incite others to subvert state power

  Incident: October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021

Chan Chi-sum (21)

Former secretary general of "Student Politicism"

*Sentenced to a total of 34 months imprisonment.

The prosecution listed seven street booths held by the defunct group with themes ranging from supporting the 12 Hongkongers captured by Chinese coastguards as they tried to flee to Taiwan, to resisting the government’s Covid-19 anti-epidemic measures.

That is: From October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021, conspiring with others in Hong Kong to incite others to organize, plan, carry out or Participate in the following acts aimed at subverting state power by force, the threat of use of force or other illegal means.

Charge, Incident & sentence

• Charge: Conspiracy to incite others to subvert state power

  Incident: October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021

Jessica Chu Wai Ying (19)

Former speaker of "Student Politicism"

*Sentenced to a total of 30 months imprisonment.

The prosecution listed seven street booths held by the defunct group with themes ranging from supporting the 12 Hongkongers captured by Chinese coastguards as they tried to flee to Taiwan, to resisting the government’s Covid-19 anti-epidemic measures.

That is: From October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021, conspiring with others in Hong Kong to incite others to organize, plan, carry out or Participate in the following acts aimed at subverting state power by force, the threat of use of force or other illegal means.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Conspiracy to incite others to subvert state power

  Incident: October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021

Wong Yuen Lam (20)

Former speaker of "Student Politicism"

*Sentenced to detention in a training centre for a total of 3 years.

The prosecution listed seven street booths held by the defunct group with themes ranging from supporting the 12 Hongkongers captured by Chinese coastguards as they tried to flee to Taiwan, to resisting the government’s Covid-19 anti-epidemic measures.

That is: From October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021, conspiring with others in Hong Kong to incite others to organize, plan, carry out or Participate in the following acts aimed at subverting state power by force, the threat of use of force or other illegal means.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Conspiracy to incite others to subvert state power

  Incident: October 25, 2020, to June 16, 2021

Yuen Ka-him (17)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Student

Yuen Ka-him (17)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Student

Wan Chung-wai (16)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Student

Leung Yung-wan (17)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Student

Tseung Chau Ching-yu (17)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Student

*Sentenced to detention in a training centre for a total of 3 years.

The defendants were charged following events that occurred between January 10, 2021, and May 6, 2021. They allegedly promoted against China through online social media platforms, street speeches, leaflet distribution, press conferences, and live broadcasts. Incitement is alleged to have occurred through two different Instagram accounts and one Facebook account.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: January 10, 2021, and May 6, 2021

Choi Wing-kit (21)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Warehouse worker

Chris Chan Yau-tsun (26)

Members of "RETURNING VALIANT", Salesperson

Currently in jail

The defendants were charged following events that occurred between January 10, 2021, and May 6, 2021. They allegedly promoted against China through online social media platforms, street speeches, leaflet distribution, press conferences, and live broadcasts. Incitement is alleged to have occurred through two different Instagram accounts and one Facebook account.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Conspiracy to commit subversion

  Incident: January 10, 2021, and May 6, 2021

Wong Wai-keung (60)

Former administrative director of Next Digital

*Currently in jail. A total of 21 months imprisonment.

Wong Wai-Keung (60 years old), was charged with one count of fraud, alleging that Jimmy Lai and Wong Wai Keung, together with Chow Tat-kuen and others, concealed from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation from January 2016 to May 19, 2020 Use of premises at number of 8 Chun Ying Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate without a lease.

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

• Charge: Fraud

  Incident: Jimmy Lai Chee-ying (74 years old) and Wong Wai-keung (60 years old), 2 were charged with 1 count of fraud, alleging that 2, together with Chow Tat-kuen and others, concealed from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation from January 2016 to May 19, 2020 Use of premises at 8 Chun Ying Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate without a lease.

TANG, NGOK KWAN

Former standing committee member of HKASPDMC (Tiananmen vigil group)

Currently in jail - a total of 4.5 months imprisonment

Seven members of the Tiananmen vigil group HKASPDMC were accused of “failing to comply with a notice to provide information.”

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

Charge: Failing to comply with a notice to provide information

• Former standing committee members Tang Ngok-kwan and Former vice-chair Chow Hang-tung and other standing committee members Tsui Hon-kwong, who pleaded not guilty, were convicted of the NSL charge and sentenced on Sat 11 Mar to 4.5 months in prison.

TSUI, HON KWONG

Former standing committee member of HKASPDMC (Tiananmen vigil group)

Currently in jail - a total of 4.5 months imprisonment

Seven members of the Tiananmen vigil group HKASPDMC were accused of “failing to comply with a notice to provide information.”

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

Charge: Failing to comply with a notice to provide information

• Former standing committee members Tsui Hon-kwong and Former vice-chair Chow Hang-tung and other standing committee members Tang Ngok-kwan, who pleaded not guilty, were convicted of the NSL charge and sentenced on Sat 11 Mar to 4.5 months in prison.

Chan Tsz-wah (29)

Former member of Stand with Hong Kong

Remanded in custody

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

Charge: (1) Conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security

(2) Conspiracy to assist criminals

• Incident: Accused of conspiring with Jimmy Lai, Mark Herman Simon and Andy Li between July 2020 and February 2021 to lobby external forces to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China

Elizabeth Tang Yin-ngor

Former Secretary-General and leader of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions

Currently on bail

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

Charge: Colluding with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security

• Tang’s husband, Lee Cheuk-yan, is in jail awaiting trial on a national security charge relating to his role in group behind city’s Tiananmen Square vigil

Marilyn Tang Yin-lee (63)

Elizabeth Tang’s sister

Currently on bail

Charge, Incident, Court dates & sentence

Charge: Conspiracy to obstruct justice

Tang’s sister, Elizabeth Tang, was arrested with a charge under the national security law relating to her role with Lee Cheuk-yan.

Marilyn Tang was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice relating to her relationship with Elizabeth Tang.

Ho Chun Ki (65)

Ho Chun-yan’s brother

*Currently on bail.

Charge, Incident & sentence

Charge: Conspiracy to obstruct justice

Ho Chun Ki’s brother, Ho Chun-yan, was arrested with a charge under national security law. And Ho Chun Ki was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice relating to his relationship with Ho Chun-yan.

LI JIE XIN (70)

Retired musician

*Sentenced for 30 days.

Charge, Incident & sentence

• Charge: (1) Playing a musical instrument without permit,
  (2) Playing a musical instrument without permit,
  (3) Playing a musical instrument without permit,
  (4) Collecting money in a public place without permission,
  (5) Collecting money in a public place without permission,
  (6) Collecting money in a public place without permission,
  (7) Playing a musical instrument without permit

• Incident: Li Jiexin was accused played the erhu with an amplifier without permission from the police chief outside Mong Kok East and Tai Wai metro stations on a footbridge outside of Central’s International Financial Centre on four occasions between 3 August 2021 and 29 September 2022. Li was also charged again after allegedly playing his erhu in public without a police permit at Tung Chung’s bus terminus (HKFP)

Man Wing-fung (38)

Analyst programmer

*Sentenced for a two-month jail term, suspended for 18 months.

Charge, Incident & sentence

• Charge: Engaging in illegal conduct to incite another person not to vote by activity in public during election period

• Incident: Man Wing-fung was accused of engaging in illegal conduct after sharing a social media post on 31 October 2023 that incited others not to vote in the District Council election (HKFP)