Claudia Mo | |
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| 毛孟靜 | |
 Claudia Mo in 2013 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1 October 2012 – 13 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Fung |
| Succeeded by | Abolished |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mo Man-ching 18 January 1957 British Hong Kong |
| Political party | Civic Party (2006–2016) HK First (2013–present) |
| Spouse | Philip Bowring |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Island |
| Alma mater | Carleton University |
| Occupation | Journalist, Columnist, Television presenter, Lecturer, Author |
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| Traditional Chinese | 毛孟靜 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 毛孟静 | ||||||||||||
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Claudia Mo Man-ching (born 18 January 1957) is a Hong Kong journalist and politician, a member of the pan-democracy camp. She represented the Kowloon West geographical constituency, until November 2020 when she resigned along other pro-democrats to protest against the disqualification of four of her colleagues by the government.[1]
Claudia Mo is one of 53 activists who were arrested in January 2021 under Hong Kong's new National Security Law.[2] On 28 February, she, together with 46 other defendants, were charged with the offence of conspiracy to commit subversion. They appeared in West Kowloon Magistracy on 1 March. After a four-day bail hearing, the court denied her bail and remanded her and 31 other co-defendants in jail custody for three months, pending further police investigation.[3] A court judgement released in late May 2021 evinced that WhatsApp messages to international media had been considered in the judgement to deny Mo bail earlier in April under the stringent bail conditions of the national security law.[4] In November 2024 she was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months of imprisonment.[5]
- ^ "Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign after China ruling". BBC. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Wong, Natalie (6 January 2021). "Hong Kong national security law: 53 former opposition lawmakers, activists arrested; authorities accuse them of plot to 'overthrow' government". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Wong, Brian (12 March 2021). "National security law: bail denied again for 11 of the 47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged with subversion; 10 others withdraw bids at last minute". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
hkfp_20220611was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Wong, Brian; Lam, Jeffie; Ma, Jess; Heung, Sammy; Chow, Fiona (19 November 2024). "Hong Kong 47: Benny Tai jailed for 10 years over plot to overthrow government". South China Morning Post.