Chow Hang-tung

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chow. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Tonyee Chow and the Chinese-style name is Chow Hang-tung.
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 (age 39)
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
Chow at a rally in 2017

Tonyee Chow Hang-tung[1] (Chinese: 鄒幸彤; born 24 January 1985)[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

  1. ^ "Activist Tonyee Chow loses bid to overturn conviction for refusal to provide authorities with information". The Standard. 14 Mar 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  2. ^ "政Whats噏：鄒幸彤「呼冤」 話大家將佢寫老晒". on.cc (in Chinese). 6 Jun 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  3. ^ Grundy, Tom (25 Sep 2021). "Hong Kong Tiananmen Massacre vigil group disbands following pressure from authorities". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. ^ Pang, Jessie; Ng, Edmond (13 Dec 2021). "Hong Kong activists get up to 14 months in prison for banned Tiananmen vigil". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc_20210104 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Pomfret, James; Pang, Jessie (10 Nov 2022). "A jailed Hong Kong lawyer defies Beijing's campaign to subjugate the city". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-10.