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Edward Leung Tin-kei

Edward Leung
梁天琦
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Edward Leung giving a speech in 2016.
Personal details
Born (1991-06-02) 2 June 1991 (age 25)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Nationality Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
Political party Hong Kong Indigenous
Residence Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Education University of Hong Kong (B.A. in Philosophy and Politics)
Occupation Student
Known for 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest
Edward Leung
Traditional Chinese 梁天琦

Edward Leung Tin-kei (Chinese: 梁天琦; born 2 June 1991) is a Hong Kong student and activist. He is the spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group. He took a leading role and was arrested in the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest. He ran in the 2016 New Territories East by-election in the New Territories East and received more than 66,000 votes. Five months later, he was barred from running in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election due to his pro-Hong Kong independence stance.

Leung was born in China and moved to Hong Kong with his mother when he was around one year old. He is a student at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Philosophy with a minor in Politics and Public Administration. Prior to this, he completed secondary education at Shung Tak Catholic English College in Yuen Long District, the district in which he still resides.

He is the spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group formed in early 2015. He had said that he believed in Hong Kong people's right of self-determination for independence. In January 2015, he represented the group to run in the New Territories East by-election of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and was endorsed by Youngspiration, another localist group.


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