1. Dennis Kwok Wing-hang is a Canadian lawyer and former Hong Kong politician who represented the legal constituency in the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 2012 to 2020.
18 Facts About Dennis Kwok
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Once the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee, Kwok was accused of delaying the legislature proceedings.
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Dennis Kwok was disqualified from the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020, along with three other lawmakers of the pan-democratic camp, by the Chinese Government on request of the Hong Kong government.
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Later that month, Dennis Kwok announced his resignation from politics and left Hong Kong.
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Dennis Kwok was charged with collusion and an arrest warrant with a HK$1 million bounty was issued by the Hong Kong Police in July 2023.
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Dennis Kwok was educated at King's College London and the University of Hong Kong.
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Dennis Kwok was admitted as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong in 2002 and to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales in 2003.
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Dennis Kwok subsequently left his practice as a solicitor to join the Bar in 2006 with a focus in civil and public administrative law.
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In 2006, Dennis Kwok was elected as an Election Committee Member for the Legal Functional Constituency, and was re-elected in 2011.
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Dennis Kwok took part in the 2011 District Council Election but he was defeated.
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Dennis Kwok later served as Deputy Chairman of the House Committee and the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services.
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Dennis Kwok said he would challenge any effort by the pro-government camp to inhibit the practice.
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From October 2019 to May 2020, while Dennis Kwok was Deputy Chairman of Legco's House Committee, no election for the vacant post of its Chairman took place, for which Dennis Kwok was accused by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and other pro-government voices of misconduct by paralysing Legco through filibustering tactics.
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On 11 November 2020, following a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Dennis Kwok was disqualified from Legislative Council along with Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung.
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Dennis Kwok was reported in April 2021 to have moved to Canada.
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Dennis Kwok became a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School.
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Dennis Kwok joined with three other lawyers in May 2022 to form a legal practice in the United States.
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Dennis Kwok renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2012 to become a Legco member.