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Ivan Lam | |
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Chairperson of Demosistō | |
In office 12 May 2018 – 30 June 2020 | |
Deputy | Cheng Ka Long |
Secretary general | Joshua Wong |
Preceded by | Nathan Law |
Succeeded by | Party dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Lam Long-yin 18 July 1994 British Hong Kong |
Political party | Independent (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations | Scholarism (2011-2016) Demosistō (2016-2020) |
Ivan Lam Long-yin | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 林朗彥 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 林朗彦 | ||||||||||
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Ivan Lam Long-yin[1] (Chinese: 林朗彥, born 18 July 1994) is a Hong Kong political activist who, together with Joshua Wong, established the Hong Kong student activist group, Scholarism, in May 2011.[2][3][4][5] In 2018, he replaced Nathan Law as the chairperson of Demosisto.[6][7] In December 2020, Lam was sentenced to seven months in prison for his role during the 2019 protests. Along with him, activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow were also convicted.[5][8][9] On 12 April 2021, he was released from prison.[5][10]
On 5 July 2023, Lam was again arrested, along with three others, according to local media. The group was suspected to have provided financial aid to self-exiled activists, and to have published seditious material on social media.[11]