Alvin Cheng Kam-mun ( zh, t=鄭錦滿, born 23 June 1988), also known as "Brother Four Eyes" ( zh, t=四眼哥哥, links=no), is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
political activist, a member of
Civic Passion, and founder of
student activist organization Student Front. In 2014, he led a rally in support of the Hong Kong
Umbrella Movement during the
G20 Brisbane summit.
Political career
On 22 September 2014, in response to the arrest of student protesters in the Hong Kong
Umbrella Movement Cheng returned home from his studies at
Queensland University of Technology
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a modern city campus in Gardens Point, Brisbane, Gardens Point ...
to participate in the protest.
In November 2014, Cheng went back to
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
to lead a rally in support for the Umbrella Movement during the
2014 G20 Brisbane summit. On the 16th, the four-hour rally on a lawn outside the summit venue attracted participation by many overseas students from Hong Kong,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
and Mainland China.
On 6 December 2014, Cheng established Student Front, a
student activist organization to fight against the "stage power" and to remain at the frontlines after the
Hong Kong Federation of Students
The Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS, or 學聯) is a student organisation founded in May 1958 by the student unions of four higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The inaugural committee had seven members representing the four sc ...
and
Scholarism
Scholarism was a Hong Kong pro-democracy camp, pro-democracyWilfred Chan and Yuli Yang, CNN]Echoing Tiananmen, 17-year-old Hong Kong student prepares for democracy battle 28 September 2014 student activist group active in the fields of Hong ...
quit the protests.
He was arrested on suspicion of attending, and inciting others to take part in, an illegal assembly. He wrote an article that indicated he was arrested on 26 December 2014 and not granted
bail
Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process. Court bail may be offered to secure the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court when ...
. After the Umbrella Movement, Cheng continued with numerous protest activities, such as
gau wu and the movement against
parallel trading. He was arrested on several occasions and found it difficult to obtain bail. He was then banned from entering
Mong Kok
Mong Kok (Chinese language, Chinese: 旺角), also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK, is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward, Hong Kong, Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok.
As one of the major sho ...
by a court order.
On 2 March 2015, Cheng announced that Student Front was dissolved and warned other activists not to depend completely on "student activism organizations". On the morning of 27 April 2015, Cheng was involved in a dispute with supporters of
Avery Ng, the vice-chairman of the
League of Social Democrats, outside
Mong Kok Police Station regarding the progress of the Umbrella Movement.
On 20 August 2015, Cheng was convicted of obstructing bailiff officers from clearing
occupied roads in Mong Kok on 26 November 2014, and sentenced to 21 days' detention.
On 20 November 2019, Cheng was arrested by Hong Kong police when he tried to escape from the
siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was eventually convicted for taking part in a riot, and sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison on 11 February 2023.
Disqualification in 2020 Legco election
Five weeks ahead of the (subsequently postponed)
2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election, on 30 July 2020, as Cheng preparted to stand, the government stated that he was among a dozen pro-democracy candidates whose nominations were 'invalid', under an opaque process in which, nominally, civil servants –
returning officers – assess whether, for instance, a candidate had objected to the enactment of the
national security law, or was sincere in statements made disavowing separatism.
See also
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Umbrella Movement
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Localist camp
Localist camp or localist and self-determination groups refers to the various groups with localist ideologies in Hong Kong. It emerged from post-80s social movements in the late 2000s which centred on the preservation of the city's autono ...
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Hong Kong Autonomy Movement
References
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1988 births
Living people
2014 Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong activists
Hong Kong localists
Queensland University of Technology alumni