12 Facts About Wong Pak-yu

Henry Wong Pak-yu is a Hong Kong politician and social activist.

Wong Pak-yu is the spokesman of the local community group Tin Shui Wai New Force and a member of the Information Technology subsector in the Election Committee.

Wong Pak-yu participated in the 2015 District Council election, running in Tin Heng against incumbent Luk Chung-hung of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

Wong Pak-yu stood as a second candidate with Wong Chun-kit of the localist camp Youngspiration in the 2016 Legislative Council election.

Wong Pak-yu's ticket received 9,928 votes, ranking 14th place and was not elected.

Wong Pak-yu was elected as one of the 1,200 electors who had the power to elect the Chief Executive in 2017.

Wong Pak-yu nominated retired judge Woo Kwok-hing, but decided to cast a blank vote in the election to protest the undemocratic electoral system.

In 2019, Wong Pak-yu challenged Luk Chung-hung again in the 2019 District Council election within the Tin Heng constituency.

In July 2020, Wong Pak-yu ran in the pro-democracy primaries for the 2020 Legislative Council election in the District Council constituency.

Wong Pak-yu was nominated as one of the four candidates in the general election.

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

On 28 February 2021, Wong Pak-yu was charged, along with 46 others, for subversion.