Yu Yan Yuk

Political Prisoner

Yu Yan-yuk 余昕鈺 (22)

Student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU)

*Sentenced to a total of 16 months’ imprisonment.

Charge, Incident & sentence

• Charge: Money laundering

• Incident: Now 22 years old, Yu was 17 years old at the time of the alleged offence for owning the bank account of the Spark Alliance, a crowdfunding organisation that financed bail applications for those arrested during the 2019 protests. The bank account had approximately 23 deposits and 90 withdrawals within a three-month period. Yu was a volunteer for the Spark Alliance, and among four people linked to Spark Alliance in the case. (HKFP)

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