Chu Yiu-ming — Hong Kong Case Profile & Archive

Last verified: September 13, 2026. retired pastor and Occupy Central co-founder

Current classification

HISTORICAL PROSECUTION — received a 16-month prison sentence suspended for two years in April 2019; this case did not place him in prison under that sentence.

Case record

Chu Yiu-ming, one of the Occupy Central co-founders, was convicted with the Umbrella Nine and received a 16-month sentence suspended for two years. The archive therefore distinguishes his conviction from actual imprisonment under 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.