On Wednesday, another suspect, a 53-year-old woman, was arrested.
1. Medina Chow Lau Wah-chun
Medina Chow Lau Wah-chun is the mother of Chow Hang-tung.
She was previously named as an advisor to a few non-government organisations, including ones that focused on mental health issues.
Chow Hang-tung said her mother had brought her along to attend annual June 4th vigils from a young age.
2. Chan Kim-kam
Chan Kim-kam was a former district council member for Clague Garden in Tsuen Wan. She quit the post in 2021 as part of a mass resignation of opposition representatives rejecting the requirement to take oaths of allegiance to the city’s Basic Law and Special Administrative Region.
After her resignation, Chan continued to express her political views through various avenues, such as running a small stationery and incense stall that was part of the “yellow economic circle”, an informal collective of businesses that supported the 2019 protest movement and its ideals.
Chan also continued to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown in various ways, including displaying candles in her stall.
3. Lau Ka-ye and Kwan Chun-pong
Both Lau and Kwan were linked to the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
They were previously detained by police for attempting to stage a 24-hour hunger strike on June 3 in 2023 at 6.04pm, and later arrested for performing “an act or acts with seditious intent”.
Kwan’s wife, 53, was arrested on Wednesday.
4. Lee Ying-chi
Lee Ying-chi is a member of the League of Social Democrats political party.
Lee, a dentist by profession, had previously told local media that she had emigrated to New Zealand with her parents in 1988, but returned to Hong Kong in 1994 after obtaining her professional qualifications in the city.
She told reporters she had missed Hong Kong during her time away.
The activist pointed to media stories of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, saying differences between the media’s coverage in mainland China and Hong Kong marked her political awakening.
A year later, she started attending the city’s July 1st march and June 4th vigil annually.
In her attempts last year to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Lee was arrested for performing “an act or acts with seditious intent” on June 3.
She was also stopped by authorities when she attempted to walk from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to government headquarters in Admiralty on July 1. In that instance, she complied with police instructions to return home.
