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Ivan Lam Long-yin[1] (Chinese: 林朗彥, born 18 July 1994) is a Hong Kong political activist who, together with Joshua Wong, established the Hong Kong student activist group, Scholarism, in May 2011.[2][3][4][5] In 2018, he replaced Nathan Law as the chairperson of Demosisto.[6][7] In December 2020, Lam was sentenced to seven months in prison for his role during the 2019 protests. Along with him, activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow were also convicted.[5][8][9] On 12 April 2021, he was released from prison.[5][10]
Ivan Lam | |||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Lam in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chairperson of Demosistō | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 May 2018 – 30 June 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Cheng Ka Long | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary general | Joshua Wong | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nathan Law | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Party dissolved | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Lam Long-yin 18 July 1994 British Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent (since 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Scholarism (2011–2016) Demosistō (2016–2020) | ||||||||||||||||||
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On 5 July 2023, Lam was again arrested, along with three others, according to local media. The group was suspected to have provided financial aid to self-exiled activists, and to have published seditious material on social media.[11]
References
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- ^ Lee, Ada (10 September 2012). "Scholarism's Joshua Wong embodies anti-national education body's energy". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Scholarism 'suspends operations' to form new student group and political party". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2016-03-20. Archived from the original on 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "Joe Biden drops early clues about his Asia agenda". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ a b c "專訪前香港眾志主席林朗彥：沒有一勞永逸的勝利 在「被允許」的空間盡應做之事 ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報". 蘋果新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Chung, Kimmy; Sum, Lok-kei (6 June 2018). "Demosisto's new chairman Ivan Lam talks about Joshua Wong, clashing with his ex-policeman father over Occupy and losing 13kg while in jail". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Nathan Law quits as chairman of party he founded with Joshua Wong". South China Morning Post. 2018-05-17. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Ramzy, Austin; May, Tiffany (2 December 2020). "Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow Are Sentenced to Prison Over Hong Kong Protest". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "黃之鋒、周庭、林朗彥未經批准集結案被判入獄7至13.5個月". BBC News 中文 (in Traditional Chinese). 2020-12-02. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "「入獄如坐那夜紅van」林朗彥︰下車人面全非 ｜ 蘋果日報". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
- ^ Leung, Hillary (2023-07-07). "4 Hong Kong men arrested over allegedly supporting wanted democrats released on bail". Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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