Jeremy Tam Man-ho

Political Prisoner

Jeremy Tam Man-ho 譚文豪

Age at Arrest: 46

Former member, Hong Kong Legislative Council

*Currently in jail.

Jeremy Tam Man-ho was the former 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. Tam was then 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)

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

  Sentencing: 4 years, 2 months’ imprisonment (HKFP)

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