Alvin Cheng

Alvin Cheng Kam-mun
鄭錦滿
Vice-chairman of Civic Passion
Assumed office
14 September 2016
Personal details
Born (1988-06-23) June 23, 1988
Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
Political party Civic Passion
Residence Hong Kong
Education Queensland University of Technology
Known for Umbrella Movement
Alvin Cheng
Traditional Chinese 鄭錦滿

Alvin Cheng Kam-mun (Chinese: 鄭錦滿, born 23 June 1988), also known as "4 Eyes Brother" (Chinese: 四眼哥哥), is a Hong Kong student activist, active since 2014. He was a former student at Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and organised a rally with his schoolmates and Nardo Wai in support of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement during the 2014 G20 Brisbane summit.[1][2] His political opinions include the use of violence to fight against the police force. He is well known for participating in the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, and establishing the student activism organization Student Front.

Political Activities

On 22 September 2014, when the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement began, Cheng, who was studying at Queensland University of Technology, saw in the news that student protesters had been arrested in Hong Kong, so he returned there to participate in the protest.[3]

Early in November 2014, Cheng went back to Brisbane to plan for a rally against China during the 2014 G20 Brisbane summit.[1]

On 16 November 2014, Cheng and Nardo Wai began their four hour rally in support for the Umbrella Movement on the lawn near the South Bank Parkland Suncorp Piazza outside the G20 summit venue. Numerous overseas students from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China participated in the rally.[1][4][5][6]

On 6 December 2014, Cheng established Student Front, a student activism organization to fight against the "stage power" and to continue staying in the front line after the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism quit the protests.[2] He was arrested on suspicion of attending and inciting others to take part in an illegal assembly.[7] He wrote an article that indicated he was arrested on 26 December 2014 and failed to be bailed.[8] 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.[9] He was then banned from entering Mong Kok by a court order.[10]

On 2 March 2015, Cheng announced that Student Front was dissolved, and warned other activists not to depend completely on "student activism organizations".[11] On 23 March 2015, Cheng appeared in court for his arrest at the end of 2014.[12] On the morning of 27 April 2015, Cheng was engaged in conflicts with supporters of Avery Ng, the vice-chairman of the League of Social Democrats, outside of the Mong Kok Police Station because of disputes with the Umbrella Movement.[13]

On 20 August 2015, Cheng was convicted of obstructing government administration, and sentenced to 21 days' detention, based on his involvement in Gau Wu last year.[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "澳洲港人趁G20集會聲援". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "「四眼哥哥」組「學生前線」繼續抗爭". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong protests: 'People will be asking in 10 years, 20 years, where were you?'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "加拿大议员支持香港真普选 澳留学生声援占中". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese). 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "港人 G20 會場外爭真普選". i-Cable Communications (in Chinese). 2014-11-16.
  6. ↑ "留學生G20期間聲援佔領運動". now News (in Chinese). 2014-11-16.
  7. ↑ "List of who's who taken into custody". South China Morning Post. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "四眼哥哥獄中反思小記". Passion Times (in Chinese). 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "四眼哥哥准保釋　禁經旺角轉車". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "四眼哥哥違禁踏足令闖旺角　即時收押". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 26 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "「學生前線」突解散 「四眼哥哥」籲勿再迷信「學生組織」". Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "「四眼哥哥」涉佔領阻差辦公　押兩周開審". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "鄭錦滿吳文遠 旺角警署外口角". Truth Media (Hong Kong) (in Chinese). 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "「鳩嗚」阻差辦公 鄭錦滿囚21日". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015.
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