Lam Cheuk-ting
Political Prisoner
Lam Cheuk-ting 林卓廷
Age at Arrest: 44
Former senior member, Democratic Party
*Currently in jail.
Lam Cheuk-ting was a senior figure in the Democratic Party. Lam’s political career started in 1999 when he joined the Democratic Party and became assistant of former Hong Kong lawmaker Albert Ho. Lam left the Democratic Party in 2006 to join the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as an investigator, and returned to the Party as chief executive in 2011.
In January 2021, Lam was arrested under the National Security Law for participating in an unofficial election primary for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in July 2020.
Lam was also 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. (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: 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 the then district commander for crime of Yuen Long, Yau Nai-keung, in connection with the Yuen Long mob attacks.
Sentencing: 4 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)
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