Leung is a Hong Kong politician, social activist, and a former member of the pan-democracy camp.  

Leung has been consistently elected as a member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong since 2004, securing victories in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 elections. He is renowned for his confrontational and civil disobedience approaches to protest against the government. Leung played a pivotal role as one of the founding members of the opposition party "League of Social Democrats" (LSD), and held the position of party chairperson from 2012 to 2016. [1]

Leung also took the lead in employing filibusters to advocate for a universal pension scheme. [2] Filibustering became a commonly used strategy by pan-democrats as it was perceived as the most effective means to create hurdles for the government from passing controversial bills. Due to his prominent and unwavering opposition stance, the government has consistently targeted Leung. He has been briefly jailed several times for offenses related to his protests. [3]

His career as a legislator ended in 2016 following a controversy during the oath-taking ceremony at the inaugural meeting of the Sixth Legislative Council. Leung utilized the oath-taking ceremony as a platform for protest, similar to his previous oaths, but was disqualified from the Legislative Council following an interpretation of the Basic Law by the Chinese Central Government. [4]

Leung remained actively engaged in the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests, which resulted in several arrests. On Jan. 6, 2021, Leung, along with over 50 fellow pan-democrats, was detained and charged with breaching the national security law due to their involvement in the 2020 pro-democracy primaries. He faces allegations of "Inciting subversion of state power." Leung was granted bail on Jan. 7, 2021. Yet, on Feb. 28, 2021, Leung, together with 46 others, was officially charged with subversion and re-arrested. By March 4, 2021, his request for bail was denied, and he has since been in detention. [5] 

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