Ivan Lam Explained
| Ivan Lam |
| Office: | Chairperson of Demosistō |
| Termstart: | 12 May 2018 |
| Termend: | 30 June 2020 |
| Deputy: | Cheng Ka Long |
| Predecessor: | Nathan Law |
| Successor: | Party dissolved |
| 1Blankname: | Secretary general |
| 1Namedata: | Joshua Wong |
| Birth Name: | Lam Long-yin |
| Birth Place: | British Hong Kong |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1994 |
| Otherparty: | Scholarism (2011-2016)
Demosistō (2016-2020) |
| Party: | Independent (since 2020) |
Ivan Lam Long-yin[1] (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.[8] [9] On 12 April 2021, he was released from prison.[10]
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]
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- Web site: 2016-03-20. Scholarism 'suspends operations' to form new student group and political party. 2021-07-04. Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. en-GB. 2021-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210706054138/https://hongkongfp.com/2016/03/20/scholarism-suspends-operations-to-form-new-student-group-and-political-party/. live.
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- News: 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. live. 26 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200523043009/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2149405/demosistos-new-chairman-ivan-lam-talks-about-joshua-wong. 23 May 2020.
- Web site: 2018-05-17. Nathan Law quits as chairman of party he founded with Joshua Wong. 2021-07-04. South China Morning Post. en. 2021-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210207051945/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2146460/nathan-law-quits-demosisto-hong-kong-localist-party-he. live.
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- Web site: 2020-12-02. 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. 2021-07-04. BBC News 中文. zh-hant. 2021-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210504212053/https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-55155524. live.
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