Carol Ng Man-Yee

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Carol Ng Man-Yee (Photo:InMedia)

Role: Former Chairperson, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions

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Charges: 

  • Conspiracy to commit subversion
    > Denied bail on 4 Mar 2021
    > Convicted of conspiracy to subvert over primary election participation; sentenced to 4 years 2 months on 19  Nov 2024. Already held in custody for 1,361 days before sentencing

Bio:

Carol Ng is the former chairperson of the HKCTU and the British Airways Hong Kong International Cabin Crew Association (BAHKICCA). In 2007, with the assistance of the UK trade union Unite the Union, she filed a lawsuit in the Employment Tribunal against British Airways for discriminatory retirement policies. After six years of litigation, British Airways finally conceded before the final appeal, extending the retirement age for Hong Kong-based flight attendants to 65.

On 5 August 2019, in her capacity as the chairperson of the HKCTU, Ng responded to a spontaneous public mobilisation by helping organise a citywide political strike. The strike called for an investigation into police brutality during the 2019 pro-democracy movement and demanded genuine democracy, with an estimated 350,000 people participating.

In July 2020, Ng ran in the pro-democracy primaries representing the Hong Kong Labour Party. Her campaign platform focused on labour rights protections and strengthening the role of workers in Hong Kong’s democratic movement through trade unions. For her participation in the primaries, Ng was arrested on 6 January 2021, on charges of conspiracy to subvert state power. She has been detained since 28 February 2021. On 20 December 2021, the High Court rejected her bail appeal, citing her international influence due to her union work. 

“All the values in this society are disappearing bit by bit. If we don’t defend our only share, what will we have left?”
– Carol NG’s Facebook page description in 2020

After her bail appeal was rejected, Ng remained in custody awaiting trial. She was eventually sentenced in November 2024 to four years and two months in prison, and is expected to be released upon completion of his sentence in July 2025

吳敏兒

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Carol Ng Man-Yee

工會聯繫:職工盟前主席

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控罪

  • 串謀顛覆
    > 2021.03.04被拒絕保
    > 2024.11.19因參與初選被指串謀顛覆罪成,判囚4年2個月,判刑前已被囚1,361天

簡履:

吳敏兒是職工盟和英航香港機艙服務員工會的前主席。2007 年,她在英國勞工組織Unite the Union的協助下,在當地就業審裁處控告英航的退休政策歧視。經過六年的訴訟,英航終於在終審前屈服,將香港空勤人員的退休年齡延長至 65 歲。2019年8月5日,她協助組織一場全港罷工,要求調查2019年民主運動期間警察的暴行和爭取真正的民主,估計有35萬人參加[1]

  吳敏兒在2020年7月代表工黨參加民主派初選。她的競選綱領包括爭取保障勞工權益,以及通過組織工會加強工人在香港民主運動的角色。她因參加初選,在2021年1月6日被警方以涉嫌串謀顛覆罪名拘捕,同年2月28日起一直被關押。高等法院在 2021年12 月 20 日駁回她的保釋上訴,理由是她因工會工作而具有國際影響力。吳保釋上訴被拒後,一直還柙候審,終於2024年11月被判囚4年兩個月,預計於2025年7月刑滿出獄。

[1]           https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/吳敏兒