Wong Pak-yu

Wong Pak-yu
Wong Pak-yu
	王百羽
	Wong in the 2020 pro-democracy primaries
Member of the Yuen Long District Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 2020
Preceded by	Luk Chung-hung
Constituency	Tin Heng
Personal details
Born	15 February 1991; British Hong Kong
Citizenship	Hong Kong
Alma mater	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Henry Wong Pak-yu (Chinese: 王百羽; born 15 February 1991) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He is the spokesman of the local community group Tin Shui Wai New Force and also a member of the Information Technology subsector in the Election Committee. In 2019, he won in the District Council election and became a member the Yuen Long District Council for Tin Heng.[1]

Biography

Wong graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with a Bachelor of Engineering degree, majoring in Computer Science and Engineering. He started his career in the financial industry as an IT Support/Help Desk Engineer. Inspired by the Umbrella Revolution, Wong joined the Tin Shui Wai New Force at the end of 2014 and later became a spokesperson of the organisation.[2]

Wong participated in the 2015 District Council election, running in Tin Heng against incumbent Luk Chung-hung of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU). He received 26.8% of the vote, losing the election to Luk.[3] He also stood as a second candidate with Wong Chun-kit of the localist Youngspiration in the 2016 Legislative Council election. His ticket received 9,928 votes, ranking 14th place and was not elected.[4] In the December Election Committee Subsector elections, Wong ran in the Information Technology subsector under the "IT Vision" banner. He was successfully elected as one of the 1,200 electors who had the power to elect the Chief Executive in 2017. Wong nominated retired judge Woo Kwok-hing,[5] but decided to cast a blank vote in the election to protest the undemocratic electoral system.[6]

In 2019, Wong challenged Luk Chung-hung again in the 2019 District Council election within the Tin Heng constituency. Riding with the pro-democracy wave amid the anti-extradition protests, Wong defeated Luk with 61.2% of the votes and was elected to the Yuen Long District Council.[1]

Wong ran in the pro-democracy primaries for the 2020 Legislative Council election in the District Council (Second) constituency. With 71,706 votes, he came in third after Kwong Chun-yu and Lester Shum, while surpassing James To, the longest-serving incumbent lawmaker.[7] Wong was nominated as one of the four candidates in the general election.[7]

On 22 November 2020, Wong, together with Kowloon City's district councillor Timothy Lee Hin-long, were arrested by commercial crime police. They were accused of making false documents to "cheat the government" out of nearly HK$5 million for election expenses in relation to the postponed 2020 Legislative Council elections. Moreover, a large collection of imitation firearms (8 rifles, 17 pistols, imitation ammunition and a wooden bow) was found at Wong's home; as a consequence, he was additionally charged with possession of imitation firearms.[8][9]

References

"2019 District Councils Election - Election Results (Yuen Long)". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
"Wong Pak Yu, Henry". IT Vision.
"2015年區議會選舉 - 選舉結果(元朗區)". 香港區議會. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
"2016 Legislative Council Election - Election Result". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
"【特首跑馬仔】一票被裁無效胡國興179有效提名一覽 (11:35) - 20170228 - 港聞". 明報新聞網 (in Chinese). 28 February 2017.
"特首選戰：IT選委白票　民主300+綑綁投票". 東方日報. 26 March 2017.
"Hong Kong democrat primaries in full: Young 'localist resistance camp' come out on top". Hong Kong Free Press. 16 July 2020.
Cheung, Tony (22 November 2020). "Two Hong Kong district councillors among trio arrested by commercial crime police over election expenses". South China Morning Post.
Cheng, Selina (20 November 2020). "Hong Kong district councillors arrested over election fundraising; radio host arrested under security law". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

Political offices
Preceded by Luk Chung-hung	Member of Yuen Long District Council Representative for Tin Heng 2020–present	Incumbent

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[:0-1] "2019 District Councils Election - Election Results (Yuen Long)". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[2] "Wong Pak Yu, Henry". IT Vision.

[3] "2015年區議會選舉 - 選舉結果(元朗區)". 香港區議會. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

[4] "2016 Legislative Council Election - Election Result". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[5] "【特首跑馬仔】一票被裁無效胡國興179有效提名一覽 (11:35) - 20170228 - 港聞". 明報新聞網 (in Chinese). 28 February 2017.

[6] "特首選戰：IT選委白票　民主300+綑綁投票". 東方日報. 26 March 2017.

[HKFP-7] "Hong Kong democrat primaries in full: Young 'localist resistance camp' come out on top". Hong Kong Free Press. 16 July 2020.

[8] Cheung, Tony (22 November 2020). "Two Hong Kong district councillors among trio arrested by commercial crime police over election expenses". South China Morning Post.

[9] Cheng, Selina (20 November 2020). "Hong Kong district councillors arrested over election fundraising; radio host arrested under security law". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 January 2021.