Edward Leung

For the former Executive Council member, see Edward Leong.

Edward Leung
File:Edward Leung.jpg Edward Leung giving a speech in Causeway Bay in front of Sogo.
Native name	梁天琦
Born	(1991-06-02) 2 June 1991 Wuhan, Hubei, China
Residence	Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong)
Education	University of Hong Kong
Occupation	Student
Known for	2016 Mong Kok civil unrest

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 radical localist political group.

Biography

Leung was born in the Mainland 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 where he still resides in.

He is the spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a radical localist political 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.

On 9 February 2016, three weeks before the election, Leung was widely reported by the international media after he was arrested by police during the civil unrest in Mong Kok, after the group Hong Kong Indigenous called upon the people to come onto street in defense of the unlicensed street hawkers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department inspectors. The confrontation later turned into violent clashes between police and the protesters.

At the election, he received 66,524 votes, about 15 percent of the total votes, behind Alvin Yeung and Holden Chow. The better-than-expected result was considered a big boost for the localist cause.

See also

• Localism in Hong Kong
• Ray Wong