Tai is a legal scholar and public intellectual who wrote foundational political pieces on democracy. He was convicted on politically-motivated public nuisance charges and served 4 months of his 16-month sentence in April 2019 related to the Occupy Central protests. Tai was re-detained in March 2021 after he was baselessly charged under the National Security Law, purportedly for a “violation” of his bail.
Benny Tai Yiu-ting
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