Benny Tai Yiu-ting (戴耀廷) is a Hong Kong legal scholar and democracy organizer currently imprisoned in the Hong Kong 47 national-security case.
Background
Tai was a law professor at the University of Hong Kong and a co-founder of the 2014 Occupy Central movement. He later became a leading organizer of the unofficial pro-democracy primary election that formed the basis of the Hong Kong 47 prosecution.
Hong Kong 47 case
Hong Kong Watch currently lists Tai as in jail. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law arising from organization of the July 2020 democratic primary.
Current status
Current verified state: imprisoned. This page does not calculate or project a release date from sentence length. Any custody change, appeal outcome or release must be independently verified.
Media & archive
Hong Kong Watch prisoner profile · Free China: Hong Kong 47 sentencing archive · Hong Kong prisoner timeline
Last status review: September 13, 2026.
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