14 Facts About Roy Kwong

Roy Kwong Chun-yu is a Hong Kong politician and novelist.

Roy Kwong is a member of the Democratic Party and former member of the Yuen Long District Council for Pek Long.

Roy Kwong became a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2016 through the District Council "super seat".

Roy Kwong went on to be re-elected in 2011,2015, and 2019.

Roy Kwong was once considered as a marginal candidate in the election according to the election poll.

Roy Kwong was taken to Tin Shui Wai Hospital with injuries to his cervical vertebrae, as he was kicked in the back of the neck.

Yuen Long district councillor Zachary Wong claimed that both he and Roy Kwong had received threatening letters a month prior.

On 11 November 2020, Roy Kwong resigned from the Legislative Council together with 14 remaining pro-democratic legislators in protest over the unseating of four pro-democratic legislators through a ruling by the central government on the same day.

On 6 January 2021, Roy Kwong was among 53 members of the pro-democratic camp who were arrested under the national security law, specifically its provision regarding alleged subversion.

On 21 October 2021, Roy Kwong was disqualified along with 15 other district councillors for his invalid oath-taking after he was involved with participating in the last year pro-democracy primaries.

Roy Kwong published his successful debut book Love You Like the First Time We Met in 2014.

Roy Kwong's second book, There is a Kind of Happiness Called Forgetting, sold more than 10,000 copies at the annual Hong Kong Book Fair in the same year.

Roy Kwong drew attention online after he published a short love essay entitled "The Last Time You Were On WhatsApp" on the internet in 2012.

Roy Kwong had attracted over 92,000 "likes" on Facebook since the essay.