Edward Leung

Edward Leung
梁天琦
Leung in 2015
Spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous
In office January 2015 – 18 December 2017
Personal details
Born	(1991-06-02) 2 June 1991 (age 33) Wuhan, Hubei, China
Political party	Hong Kong Indigenous
Residence	Hong Kong
Education	Shung Tak Catholic English College
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (BA)
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Hong Kong independence 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest
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Chinese name
Chinese	梁天琦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liáng Tiānqí Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lèuhng Tīn kèih Jyutping Loeng4 Tin1-kei4

Edward Leung Tin-kei (Chinese: 梁天琦; born 2 June 1991) is a Hong Kong politician and activist. He is the former spokesperson of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group. He advocates Hong Kong independence, and coined the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" during the 2016 by-election, which was later widely used in 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.

Leung contested the 2016 New Territories East Legislative Council by-election, representing Hong Kong Indigenous. In February 2016, he was arrested in the Mong Kok civil unrest, but despite that his popularity rose. In the election, he received more than 66,000 votes, around 15 per cent of total votes. This led the Hong Kong government to require future candidates a written declaration to confirm their political stance. Leung signed the declaration, giving up his pro-independence stance in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election in September. He was barred from running in the election because the electoral officer was not convinced by his declaration.

In December 2017, he resigned from his position as spokesperson of Hong Kong Indigenous. In the same year, Lost in the Fumes, an award-winning documentary based on his story, was released. In June 2018, he was convicted of rioting and assaulting a police officer during the Mong Kok unrest and sentenced to jail for six years.^[1] In 2019, a jury reached a verdict of not guilty in his trial for rioting in Portland Street, Mong Kok.

Leung served four years of his sentence in maximum-security prison, before his early release in early 2022 for good behaviour.

In 2019, Leung was recognised by Time magazine on its 100 Next, a list of rising stars expected to shape the future.^[2] The magazine called him a spiritual leader of the 2019 Hong Kong protests,^[2] which is a leaderless movement.^[3]