Sulu Sou Explained

Sulu Sou Ka Hou is a Macau resident who served as a member of the Macau Legislative Assembly. In 2018 he was the youngest person in that position.^[1]

He was elected in 2017, and at that time he became the youngest member of the assembly.^[2] 9,212 people voted for him. He is a part of the New Macau Association. He stated that his goal was to have direct elections for all seats of the assembly.^[3]

On May 15, 2016 he held a protest near Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui's house against the Macao Foundation's "black box" donation to Jinan University (Chief Executive Chui was also the chairman of the foundation's trust committee and the vice chairman of the university). This protest was later deemed illegal by the government. On 4 December, 2017, his fellow legislators passed (28 vs 4 votes) a motion to suspend Sou from the assembly so he could be prosecuted under Macau law. In May 2018 he was declared guilty and ordered to pay a fine of 40,800 patacas (US$5,000). As the conviction did not involve any jail time, he was then reinstated as a member of the Legislative Assembly on July 3, 2018. He expressed his intention to run for office again after the fine.^[1]

In 2021 he filed a request for the Macau government to provide information in English.^[4]

The Macau Daily Times ranked Sou as "Person of the Year" in 2017.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carvalho. Raquel. Macau’s youngest lawmaker Sulu Sou, suspended from office and found guilty over 2016 protest, hopes to retake his seat . South China Morning Post. 2018-06-02. 2021-02-12.
2. Web site: Fraser. Niall. High voter turnout in Macau shakes up political status quo as youngest ever lawmaker elected . South China Morning Post. 2017-09-18. 2021-02-12.
3. Web site: Beitler. Daniel. Sulu Sou bags election victory for New Macau’s young ‘radicals’. Macau Daily Times. 2017-09-18. 2021-02-13.
4. Web site: Sulu Sou asks gov’t to provide crucial information in English. Macau Daily Times. 2021-01-11. 2021-02-12.
5. Web site: Sulu Sou promises continuous supervision on government. Macau Daily Times. 2021-09-21. 2021-09-24.
6. Web site: Person of the Year | Sulu Sou: An inconvenient voice|newspaper=Macau Daily Times]|date=2017-12-29|accessdate=2021-02-12}}

   By September 2021 the courts ruled he was not sufficiently loyal to the government and so was unable to keep his seat in the assembly.^[5]

   External links

   • Web site: Special Report: Sulu Sou. Macau Business. May 2021.
   • Web site: Sulu Sou Ka-hou. Macau Closer.
   • Web site: Marques. Renato. Sulu Sou appeal to plenary on disclosure of associations’ accounts rejected. Macau Daily Times. 2020-12-10.
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