Tommy Cheung Sau-yin — Hong Kong Case Profile & Archive

Last verified: September 13, 2026. former student leader and Umbrella Movement participant

Current classification

HISTORICAL PROSECUTION — sentenced to 200 hours of community service in April 2019, not imprisonment.

Case record

Tommy Cheung was convicted with the Umbrella Nine on public-nuisance-related charges. The court ordered 200 hours of community service. This page records the prosecution but does not label him a prisoner on the basis of that sentence.

Evidence and provenance

This archive separates present custody from historical arrest, conviction, suspended sentence, fine, release or appeal status. It does not project release dates from sentence arithmetic and does not convert an administrative or ordinary criminal conviction into a National Security Law conviction unless the record supports that characterization.

Related hub: Hong Kong Political Prisoners & the Erosion of Freedom — 1997–Present.