Tony Chung
Hong Kong pro-independence activist
Tony Chung Hon-lam (Chinese: 鍾翰林; born 22 April 2001) is a Hong Kong pro-independence activist. He was the founder and convenor of the localist camp student group Studentlocalism. On 29 July 2020, he became the first political figure to be arrested on suspicion of violating the newly imposed national security law and has also been charged with money laundering and publishing seditious articles. In December 2023 he fled to the United Kingdom to seek asylum.
Biography
Early life
Chung was born in Hong Kong in 2001 and was educated at Buddhist Mau Fung Memorial College and Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education. His political awakening came from a minor demonstration outside the People's Liberation Army headquarters in Central in late 2013 when he was 12. His first direct involvement in politics was in 2016 when he and some like-minded joined the campaign for localist camp candidate Edward Leung in the 2018 New Territories East by-election for the Legislative Council.
Founding Studentlocalism
Soon after the election in April 2016, Chung co-founded Studentlocalism with three other secondary school students which aimed to create a Hong Kong republic that would enjoy independent sovereignty. It aimed to promote the concept of independence on campus by setting up student concern groups. By the end of August 2016, 28 localist concern groups were being formed at schools across the city.
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