Tony Chung

Tony Chung Hon-lam, born on 22 April 2001 in Hong Kong, is a pro-independence activist and former founder and convenor of the localist camp student group, Studentlocalism. Chung's political involvement began in 2016 when he joined the campaign for localist camp candidate Edward Leung in the 2018 New Territories East by-election for the Legislative Council. On 29 July 2020, Chung became the first political figure to be arrested under the newly imposed national security law in Hong Kong. He has also been charged with money laundering and publishing seditious articles. Chung was educated at Buddhist Mau Fung Memorial College and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education. He has Vietnamese heritage through his grandfather.