Chow Hang-tung

Tonyee Chow Hang-tung (Chinese: 鄒幸彤; born 24 January 1985) is a Hong Kong activist, barrister and politician. During the crackdown by authorities on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which began in June 2021 and was mainly based on national security charges over the Alliance's annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Chow was cast into the limelight, having become the convenor of the group after the arrest of leaders Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho in April. In December 2021 and January 2022, Chow was convicted respectively for inciting and taking part in an unlawful assembly on occasion of the vigil in 2020, and for organizing the vigil in 2021, and sentenced to a total of 22 months in prison. A trial date for further national security charges against Chow has not been set as of 10 November 2022. By that time, observers considered her to be possibly the most prominent remaining dissident voice in Hong Kong.

Chow Hang-tung
鄒幸彤
Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China
In office
December 2015  25 September 2021
Preceded byMak Hoi-wah
Succeeded byOrganization dissolved
Personal details
Born (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985
British Hong Kong
NationalityHong Kong Chinese
Other political
affiliations
Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, MSc, MPhil)
Manchester Metropolitan University (CPE, LLB)
University of Hong Kong (PCLL)
OccupationBarrister
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