Hong Kong politician (born 1993)
In this
Hong Kong name , the
surname is
Lau . In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Ventus Lau and the Chinese-style name is Lau Wing-hong.
Ventus Lau in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries .
Ventus Lau Wing-hong (Chinese : 劉頴匡 ; born 8 October 1993) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the convenor of the Shatin Community Network and the founding convenor of the Community Network Union , an alliance of the localist community groups in different districts. He came to media attention in the 2018 New Territories East by-election and his candidacy was disqualified by the returning officer for his previous pro-Hong Kong independence stance. For his participation in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries he was part of a mass arrest on national security charges in January 2021 and remains in jail as of October 2021.