Mr. Ng Kin-wai of the “Hong Kong 47” case, sentenced to 5 years and 7 months, released after serving his sentence

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On September 25, 2026, this website learned that Mr. Ng Kin-wai of the “Hong Kong 47” case, who was sentenced to 5 years and 7 months, was released today after serving his sentence.

Ng Kin-wai had been in custody since February 2021 and was sentenced in 2024 to 5 years and 7 months for “conspiracy to subvert state power.” In his statement to the court, he affirmed that he had no regrets and said: “I chose to stay in Hong Kong. I need to honour my solemn commitment and stand with Hong Kong people through thick and thin.”

Including Ng Kin-wai, 21 people in the Hong Kong 47 case have now been released.

Ng Kin-wai: born September 6, 1995; English name: Ng Kin-wai; nicknames “Mr. K” and “Mr.K”; formerly a British Hong Kong national, now a national of the People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong); a citizen of Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong; former banking employee; principal founder of “Tin Shui Wai Link” (a political party); former Yuen Long District Council member; a “Hong Kong independence” activist in the eyes of the Chinese Communist Party; a pro-democracy figure; a Chinese political prisoner in custody.

In his early years, he grew up in Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong. After graduating from university, he worked in banking and actively participated in the Umbrella Revolution and the “anti-extradition” protests (the movement opposing the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill). Later, in the wake of the Yuen Long attack, he believed that pro-Beijing councillors had monopolized the District Council and had not conveyed the voices of the public on major issues. He therefore joined with several Tin Shui Wai residents he had met on online platforms to form the political party “Tin Shui Wai Link,” preparing to contest the 2019 Hong Kong District Council elections.

In 2019, as a member of “Tin Shui Wai Link,” he formally announced his candidacy in the Fairview Park North constituency of the District Council election. During this period, he cooperated with other pro-democracy candidates in Yuen Long District. When Democratic Party Legislative Council member and Yuen Long District Council member Kwong Chun-yu was ambushed by assailants on September 24, 2019, and injured, he immediately joined several other pro-democracy figures in signing a joint statement condemning the police for unfair law enforcement and calling on the Hong Kong police to enforce the law fairly. After a fiercely contested District Council election, he ultimately defeated the other candidates, including incumbent pro-Beijing councillor Li Yuet-man, and won. He officially took office on January 1, 2020.

On January 21, 2020, after participating in a gathering marking six months since the Yuen Long attack, he held a screening at Yuen Long MTR Station to urge members of the public not to forget the incident. A large number of riot police then arrived, saying they were investigating a case, and surrounded and arrested members of the public who had gathered and clashed with police. While trying to mediate at the scene, he was hit by police pepper spray. He and four others, including Tin Shui Wai Link member Lam Chun, were detained on suspicion of “organizing an unauthorized assembly.” The four were soon released, but later the Chinese Communist Party’s Hong Kong government included them among the defendants in the 47-person primary election case, and they were arrested by police from the Hong Kong National Security Department.

On March 11, 2021, police from the National Security Department charged the 47 people in the primary election case with “conspiracy to subvert state power.” After the applications for bail by most of the defendants were reviewed over four days by the High Court of Hong Kong, the judge ultimately granted bail to only 15 of them under extremely stringent conditions; his application was denied. On May 7 of the same year, he and fellow party member Lam Chun were additionally charged at the Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts, in the district where they belonged, with “organizing a prohibited group gathering.” The two pleaded guilty and were fined HK$10,000. Three days later, he resigned from his position as a district councillor.

On June 6, 2022, he applied again for bail at the High Court of Hong Kong, but was again refused and was told that he would remain in custody pending trial.

On November 19, 2024, the members of the “47-person primary election subversion case” were sentenced at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. Because he had repeatedly said “no regrets” during the trial and would not apologize for his beliefs and values, he was given a heavy sentence of 5 years and 7 months, with his sentence ending on September 25, 2026. He had previously been held at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre.