Leung Kwok-hung
Political Prisoner
Leung Kwok-hung（Long-hair） 梁國雄（長毛）
Age at Arrest: 64
Founding member, League of Social Democrats
*Currently in jail.
Leung Kwok-hung co-founded the League of Social Democrats in 2006, and formerly served as a member of the Legislative Council from 2004 to 2016. Leung was disqualified from his Legislative Council position in 2016 over oath-taking procedures.
Leung has been arrested multiple times for charges related to his involvement in unauthorised assemblies, and was also arrested in January 2021 as one of the ‘Hong Kong 47’ for his participation in the “35+” democratic primaries in July 2020. (Photo: RTHK screenshot via HKFP)
Charges, incidents & sentences:
Charge: Subversion of state under the National Security Law
Incident: Promoting primary elections on social media between July 2019 and January 2021
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 and 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)
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