Chu Yiu-ming

Reverend Chu Yiu-ming (Chinese: 朱耀明, born 10 January 1944 in Hong Kong) is the minister of Chai Wan Baptist Church in Hong Kong.[1] He is one of the founders of the Occupy Central Campaign for universal suffrage in the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election.[2]

Chu Yiu-ming

Biography

Operation Yellowbird

After 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Chu Yiu-ming led a mission dubbed Operation Yellowbird to secretly move persecuted dissidents from mainland China to places overseas via Hong Kong.[3]

Occupy Central

Chu Yiu-ming and 8 other activists were convicted on 9 April 2019 for events towards the Occupy Central and Umbrella Movement protests in 2014. Chu was given a suspended sentence while his other two allies Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man were immediately put in jail for 16 months.[4]

“We strive for democracy, because democracy strives for freedom, equality, and universal love. Political freedom is more than loyalty to the state. It professes human dignity. Every single person living in a community possesses unique potentials and powers, capable of making a contribution to society. Human right is a God-given gift, never to be arbitrarily taken away by any political regime,” he said during the sentencing hearing.[1]

References

"In Full: 'I have no regrets, we do not give up' – Reverend Chu's Umbrella Movement speech ahead of sentencing". Hong Kong Free Press. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
Cheung, Tony (30 April 2013). "Occupy Central seeking support from women, workers after criticism". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
Lam, Jeffie (17 September 2017). "Occupy co-founder Reverend Chu Yiu-ming anxious but adamant ahead of trial and potential jail term". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
"Chu Yiu-ming overcome by jail terms for campaigners". The Standard. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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[hkfp_9_April_2019-1] "In Full: 'I have no regrets, we do not give up' – Reverend Chu's Umbrella Movement speech ahead of sentencing". Hong Kong Free Press. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[Occupy_Central_seeking_support-2] Cheung, Tony (30 April 2013). "Occupy Central seeking support from women, workers after criticism". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[Occupy_co-founder_Reverend_Chu_Yiu-ming_anxious_but_adamant-3] Lam, Jeffie (17 September 2017). "Occupy co-founder Reverend Chu Yiu-ming anxious but adamant ahead of trial and potential jail term". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[4] "Chu Yiu-ming overcome by jail terms for campaigners". The Standard. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.