Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC), and Lee Cheuk-yan, former chair, and vice-chair Albert Ho Chun-yan, were charged with “inciting subversion of state power” under the Hong Kong national security law (NSL) in September 2021.
The HKASPDMC was a pro-democracy group that started in HK in 1989 when the student protests were happening in Beijing. After the student massacre on Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, the group focused on restoring the democratic movement and ensuring that the regime was held accountable for the student deaths. They held an annual candlelight vigil in Victoria Park until they were disbanded in 2021….