31 Facts About Agnes Chow

Agnes Chow Ting is a Hong Kong politician and social activist.

Agnes Chow is a former member of the Standing Committee of Demosisto and former spokesperson of Scholarism.

Agnes Chow was again arrested for the National Security charge of 'collusion with foreign forces' in August 2020, albeit released on bail the day after.

In 2014, Agnes Chow attended Hong Kong Baptist University, where she studied government and international relations.

In 2018, Agnes Chow deferred her final year of university studies in order to run in the Hong Kong Island by-election.

Agnes Chow renounced her British nationality, which was a qualification requirement mandated by the Basic Law.

Agnes Chow has made appearances in Japanese media, interviews, and news programmes.

In February 2020, Agnes Chow launched a YouTube channel, where she uploaded vlogging videos in Cantonese and Japanese.

Agnes Chow did not respond to reporter questions on whether she deleted her profile on her own.

Agnes Chow first came to prominence in 2012 as the spokesperson of student activist group Scholarism.

In 2014, Agnes Chow collaborated with student organizations to advocate electoral reform in Hong Kong.

Agnes Chow was a leader of the class boycott campaign against the restrictive electoral framework set by the National People's Congress Standing Committee for the 2017 Chief Executive election, which led to the massive Occupy protests dubbed the "Umbrella Revolution".

Agnes Chow was the first deputy secretary-general of the party, from 2016 to 2017.

Agnes Chow campaigned with party chairman Law in the 2016 Legislative Council election, in which the latter was elected as the youngest-ever member of the Legislative Council.

Agnes Chow was arrested along with Law and Demosisto secretary-general Wong.

Agnes Chow said on Facebook that she is no longer conducting any international advocacy work.

Michael Davis, a former law professor of the University of Hong Kong, warned that Agnes Chow's disqualification was wrong and the government was on a "slippery slope".

On 2 September 2019, Agnes Chow succeeded in her appeal after the judge ruled that "she had insufficient opportunity to respond to the grounds for disqualification".

Agnes Chow was arrested on 30 August 2019 at her Tai Po home for allegedly participating in, and inciting, an unauthorised assembly at Wan Chai Hong Kong Police Headquarters on 21 June 2019.

Agnes Chow was freed the same day on bail, but her smartphone, like those of her fellow arrestees, was confiscated by police.

Agnes Chow pleaded guilty to the charges on 6 July 2020, telling the media she was mentally prepared to be sentenced to imprisonment.

Agnes Chow was remanded at Tai Lam Centre for Women in Tuen Mun until the trial.

On 2 December 2020, Agnes Chow was sentenced to 10 months in jail.

Agnes Chow was initially imprisoned at the medium-security Lo Wu Correctional Institution.

On 31 December 2020, local media reported that Agnes Chow had been transferred to the maximum-security Tai Lam Centre for Women, after she was classified as a Category A prisoner.

On 12 June 2021, Agnes Chow was released from prison after serving nearly seven months of her sentence.

Agnes Chow's arrest sparked a worldwide social media campaign calling for her release, which prompted statements from Japanese politicians and celebrities.

Agnes Chow was released on bail on 11 August 2020, where she said that her arrest was "political persecution and political suppression".

Agnes Chow concluded that she still didn't understand why she had been arrested.

On 3 December 2023, Agnes Chow made her first public announcement on Instagram since her release in June 2021, that she had already moved to Canada in September 2023 to study for a master's degree at University of Toronto.

Agnes Chow was on the list of the BBC's 100 Women announced on 23 November 2020.