16 Facts About Au Nok-hin

Au Nok-hin is a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong.

Au Nok-hin is the former member of the Legislative Council for Hong Kong Island from 2018 to 2019 and member of the Southern District Council for Lei Tung I from 2012 to 2019.

Au Nok-hin studied at the conservative Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School and St Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School.

Au Nok-hin participated in the students union when he studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and joined the anti-Express Rail Link protests in 2009 and 2010.

Au Nok-hin then pursued a master's in political science at CUHK.

Au Nok-hin opposed the party's secret meeting with Beijing officials in 2015.

Au Nok-hin became the youngest candidate to run in the 2012 party leadership election against the two chairpersons and veteran legislators Emily Lau and Sin Chung-kai, after Albert Ho resigned as chairman in the wake of the party's disastrous 2012 Legislative Council election defeat.

Au Nok-hin received 14 votes, against Lau's 149 votes and Sin's 133 votes.

Au Nok-hin had a frontline role in the 2014 Hong Kong protests, starting with the storming of "Civic Square", the public forecourt of the Central Government Complex on September 26, in the lead-up to the mass sit-ins.

Au Nok-hin addressed the crowds in Mong Kok some nights.

Au Nok-hin received 33 member votes and was eliminated in the first round.

Au Nok-hin received 1,231 votes and was defeated by Liberal Party's Shiu Ka-fai.

Au Nok-hin ran in the 2016 Election Committee subsector elections and received 561 votes, being defeated by Vincent Fang's ticket.

Au Nok-hin was later tipped as a candidate for the 2018 Legislative Council Hong Kong Island by-election for the seat left vacant after the disqualification of Nathan Law of Demosisto.

Au Nok-hin was elected with more than 130,000 votes, about 51 per cent of the vote share, defeating Judy Chan of the New People's Party.

Au Nok-hin was accused of obstructing and assaulting a police officer with the volume of his loudspeaker.