Shiu Ka-chun (; born 1970) is a Hong Kong social worker and activist, and a former lecturer at

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

. He was one of leaders in the

2014 Hong Kong protests A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014. The protests began after ...

. In 2016, he was elected to the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

through the

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. Shiu resigned along with 14 other remaining pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020, after the central government had unseated four of pro-democracy legislators the same day.

Biography

Shiu is a social worker and activist, and a former lecturer and associate director of the Centre for Youth Research and Practice at

. He participated in social movements and some illegal protests, including in the

, a 79-day-long

protest A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...

against the Beijing government's restrictions on the electoral method of choosing the

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. He was one of the core members, along with the Occupy Central trio,

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and

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. He voluntarily reported to police after the trio and Cardinal

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had done the same, towards the end of the Occupy event in early December 2014. In 2016, he was elected to the

through the

. On 24 April 2019, Shiu was sentenced to eight months in prison after having been convicted, two weeks earlier, of public nuisance charges in relation to the protests in2014. The following day, Shiu was taken to hospital due to an irregular heartbeat. Having recovered from a successful

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procedure, Shiu was transferred to prison by 7 May; his application for leave of absence to attend Legislative Council meetings was refused by prison authorities. After his release, Shiu was advised by Hong Kong Baptist University in late July 2020 that his contract as lecturer would not be renewed beyond August. Pointing to his excellent evaluations in teaching by students and the department head, Shiu said that the decision had "totally been a matter of political persecution". On 11 November 2020, Shiu resigned from the Legislative Council together with 14 remaining pro-democratic legislators in protest over the unseating of four pro-democratic legislators through a ruling by the central government on the same day.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shiu, Ka-chun 1970 births Living people Hong Kong social workers Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 HK LegCo Members 2016–2021 Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong political prisoners