Avery Ng Man-yuen (; born 27 December 1976) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He is the chairman of the

League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), pro-democracy camp and stresses on ...

(LSD), a pro-democracy radical

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party in

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Biography

Ng was born in Hong Kong on 27 December 1976 and raised in Sham Shui Po, a poor neighbourhood in Hong Kong. His father, who once was a sailor, made his fortune by starting his own business. He migrated to

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with his family when he was 13, studying at the

Auckland Grammar School Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

and the

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in Australia with double degrees of Mechanical Engineering and Actuarial Studies. He also studied for a Master of Business Administration at the London Business School in 2003, but returned to Australia as a strategy consultant before he finished the degree. Ng returned to Hong Kong in 2008 during the 2008 Legislative Council election. Angered by the

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dominance, Ng joined the pro-democracy radical

party, the

(LSD) in 2009. He has been active in social activism and protests since then and has been arrested and charged. In the

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, he surrendered his Australian and New Zealand citizenships in order to run in the

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. He received 3,169 votes, about one percent of the popular votes and was not elected. He had been vice-chairman of the LSD since 2010. In February 2016, he was elected the chairman of the LSD, succeeding legislator "Longhair"

Leung Kwok-hung Leung Kwok-hung ( zh, t=梁國雄; born 27 March 1956), also known by his nickname "Long Hair" (), is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council, representing the N ...

. In May 2018, Ng was convicted and sentenced to four months in jail over three counts of revealing the identity of a government official. In 2016, he had disclosed to broadcaster RTHK and on social media that Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, Permanent Secretary of the Home Affairs Bureau was the subject of an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. He was released on bail after sentencing. In December 2019, a High Court judge severely criticized Ng for what she said were his "shameless" attempts at dragging out his appeal against the jail sentence. Ng received a further extension of bail for a month. On 18 April 2020, Ng was one of the 15 high-profile Hong Kong democracy figures arrested that day. According to the police statement, his arrest was based on suspicion of organizing, publicizing or taking part in several unauthorized assemblies between August and October 2019 during the anti-extradition bill protests. On 18 May 2021, Ng was remanded in custody by District Judge Amanda Woodcock, over his participation in an unauthorised assembly in 2019. Ng accused the judicial system of persecution and argued that the justice in Hong Kong had been "weaponized" to target pro-democracy figures. About the future of his

party, he said that they have inside cautious optimism but pointed out an "uncertain" future under the national security law and with its two vice chairmen (

and Jimmy Sham) awaiting trial for subversion. On 28 May 2021, Ng was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment over the unauthorised assembly, remanding him in custody, after a suspended 2019 sentence was automatically activated.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Avery 1976 births Living people League of Social Democrats politicians Hong Kong emigrants to New Zealand University of Melbourne alumni People educated at Auckland Grammar School Hong Kong democracy activists Prisoners and detainees of Hong Kong Hong Kong political prisoners