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Ricky Or Yiu-lam (; born 12 May 1971) is a Hong Kong politician and a former member of the
Sai Kung District Council
The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituen ...
for
Kwong Ming. He is the former chairman of the
Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood
Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood (; CGPLTKO) is a district-based pro-democracy camp, pro-democracy political group centred in Tseung Kwan O by Sai Kung District Councillors in 2000.
History
It was formed in 2000 by four pro-d ...
and a former member of the
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.
Biography
He first won a seat in
Sai Kung District Council
The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituen ...
in
Kwong Ming in the
2003 District Council elections. After joining
Emily Lau
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's
The Frontier, he ran in the
2004 Legislative Council election on the star-stubbed "7.1 United Front" ticket in
New Territories East with stars like Lau,
Andrew Cheng
Andrew Cheng Kar-foo () (born 28 April 1960 in Hong Kong) was a Hong Kong politician and solicitor. He is a former Democratic Party member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency.
...
and
Ronny Tong
Ronny Tong Ka-wah, SC KC (; born 28 August 1950 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel and politician. He is a current non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He co-founded the Civic Party and was a member of the Legis ...
. Being on the last place of the ticket, received more than 168,000 votes. In the
2008 Legislative Council election, he partnered Lau on the Frontier ticket and received about 33,000 which got Lau re-elected in the constituency. Following the merger of the Frontier and the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
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*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
in 2008, Or joined the Democrats and became its executive committee member.
In the
2011 District Council elections, Or lost his Kwong Ming seat to Chong Yuen-tung of the
(DAB) in a six-way contest. He ran with Emily Lau for the last time in the
2012 Legislative Council election
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, with Lau being re-elected by receiving more than 37,000 votes.
Or was one of the marshals in the
pro-democracy Occupy protests in 2014. He and another marshal Alex Kwok Siu-kit engaging in a brawl and subduing three men, who allegedly attacked media mogul
Jimmy Lai
Lai Chee-ying ( zh, link=no, t=黎智英, born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong busniessman and a politician. He founded Giordano, an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital (formerly Next Media), a Hong Kong-listed med ...
in November by throwing pig offal at him in the
Admiralty
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sit-in area. They were later arrested and charged of fighting in public by the police. In March 2015, the government decided not to press the charge against the two.
On 6 January 2021, Or was among 53 members of the pro-democratic camp who were
arrested
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under the
national security law, specifically its provision regarding alleged subversion. The group stood accused of the organisation of and participation in unofficial primary elections held by the camp in July 2020. Or was released on bail on 7 January.
Or was disqualified on 8 October 2021 after his oath-taking was invalid due to his involvement of the
last year pro-democracy primaries.
References
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1971 births
Living people
District councillors of Sai Kung District
Democratic Party (Hong Kong) politicians
The Frontier (Hong Kong) politicians
Hong Kong political prisoners