Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄) — Legislator, Democracy Activist and Hong Kong 47 Political Prisoner

Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄), widely known as “Long Hair,” is a Hong Kong democracy activist, founding member of the League of Social Democrats and former Legislative Council member who is currently imprisoned.

Background

Leung served in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council and has a long history of public protest and opposition activism. He was disqualified from the legislature in the oath-taking controversy and later became one of the Hong Kong 47 defendants.

Hong Kong 47 and earlier cases

Hong Kong Watch currently lists Leung as in jail. He was sentenced to 6 years 9 months in the Hong Kong 47 national-security case. Hong Kong Watch also records earlier imprisonment arising from 2019 protest, June Fourth-vigil and 2020 assembly cases.

Current status

Current verified state: imprisoned. No release date is projected from sentence arithmetic; any appeal, release or custody change 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.

Hong Kong 47 — current status update

23 February 2026: Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal rejected the relevant appeal in the Hong Kong 47 case. For Leung Kwok-hung, the verified appeal disposition is: conviction and sentence appeal rejected. This archive does not infer a release date from sentence length; custody and release status are updated only from dated evidence.

Media and source baseline

Hong Kong Political Prisoners & the Erosion of Freedom — timeline and current-status hub

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