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Benny Tai Yiu-ting is a Hong Kong legal scholar, political figure, and democracy activist. He was an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong.

From 2013, Tai launched and is known for his initiation of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace, as he considered Hong Kong to lack "true universal suffrage" and should participate in an Occupy movement to win universal suffrage in the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election. His suggestion ultimately resulted in the eruption of the Umbrella Movement the following year, as a result of which he was found guilty of "conspiracy to commit public nuisance" and "inciting others to commit public nuisance" and sentenced to six months in prison. Citing this conviction, in July 2020, the University of Hong Kong's governing council controversially fired Tai.After the protests, Tai repeatedly campaigned to pressure for greater electoral reforms in Hong Kong, launching "Operation ThunderGo" in the 2016 Legislative Council election, a "smart voter" mechanism aiming at getting the most pro-democracy candidates elected to the Legislative Council. He also initiated "Project Storm" for the pro-democrats to win the majority in the 2019 District Council elections.

On 6 January 2021, Tai was arrested along with 54 other pro-democracy campaigners, activists, social workers, and former legislators on suspicion of "subversion of state power" under the national security law for organising the 2020 pro-democracy primaries. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. July 1964
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Famous Benny Tai Quotes

“There will be darker times ahead for Hong Kong, but the sun will rise again. We need to keep strong.”

Benny Tai

"There will be darker times ahead for Hong Kong but the sun will rise again" (April 19, 2019)

“If the struggle for democracy is a long battle, what is a few months or years in prison if I can gain more resilience for the future.”

Benny Tai

"There will be darker times ahead for Hong Kong but the sun will rise again" (April 19, 2019)

“We’re moving from a semi-democratic to a semi-authoritarian system and the central government wants to limit our freedoms.”

Benny Tai

April 23, 2018 Free speech fears as Beijing attacks Hong Kong professor https://www.ft.com/content/02439b1e-3efb-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4

“People in Hong Kong still believe in democracy – the big question after the Umbrella Movement is how we can achieve it.”

Benny Tai

"There will be darker times ahead for Hong Kong but the sun will rise again" (April 19, 2019)

“I only said that independence was one theoretical option for Hong Kong if the party collapses, alongside a federal state or an EU-style confederation.”

Benny Tai

April 23, 2018 Free speech fears as Beijing attacks Hong Kong professor https://www.ft.com/content/02439b1e-3efb-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4

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