Clarisse Yeung Suet Ying

Political Prisoner

Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying 楊雪盈 (38)

Founder, Kickstart Wanchai community group

*Currently on bail.

Clarisse Yeung is 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. Yeung co-founded the Umbrella Movement Visual Archive during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.

Yeung was first elected as a member of the Wanchai District Council in 2016, and elected as a chairperson in 2019. Yeung was one of the 53 pro-democracy politicians who was arrested under the National Security Law in January 2021 for participating in the unofficial Hong Kong Legislative Coucil primary elections in 2020. Soon after her arrest, Yeung 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
Trials： 19/11/2024