Helena Wong Pik Wan

Helena Wong Pik-wan 黃碧雲 (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)