Frankie Fung

Frankie Fung Tat-chun (Chinese: 馮達浚) is a Hong Kong localism activist. Along with other Hong Kong 47 defendants, Fung was arrested for subversion and is currently remanded in custody.

Frankie Fung
馮達浚
Fung in 2020
Born (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995
Hong Kong
Alma materHong Kong Baptist University
Known forHong Kong 47
Political partyPeninsular Commons
In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Fung. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Frankie Fung and the Chinese-style name is Fung Tat-chun.

After studying at Diocesan Boys' School (DBS), Fung read a Bachelor of Journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University. In 2018 he established a community group for Kowloon City District to work on improving livelihood.

During the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests, Fung and Nilk Wu, another graduate of DBS, co-founded DB Channel, an online outlet focusing on in-depth reports of demonstrations on street.[1] In the same year of 2019 Fung joined the local election for Lung Shing constituency but was narrowly defeated by pro-Beijing incumbents.[2] A year later, he became the convenor of newly formed political group Peninsular Commons and ran in the pro-democracy primaries with Lee Hin-long, a district councillor and spokesman of the group. Despite failing to secure the nomination for the legislative election in the primaries, Fung put his name forward in the now-cancelled general election after multiple pro-democracy candidates were disqualified.[3]

Fung was arrested in January 2021 and later charged with subversion over his participation in the primaries. His bail application was denied after a national security judge said Fung "shown himself to be persistent in promoting and spreading subversive ideologies" and DB Channel "served as a platform calling for sanctions" and "gathering support on the international front".[4] DB Channel had shut operations in Hong Kong in 2021 after bail denied.[5] Co-founder Wu criticised the decision for quoting articles not written by Fung as an attempt to frame Fung for sedition.[6]

References
  1. 蔡, 正邦; 鄧, 栢良 (2020-06-18). "修例風波一周年｜《加山傳播》不止抗爭新聞 冀帶民間問題入政總". HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. "2019 District Councils Election - Election Results". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. "【初選47人案】馮達浚早前被拒保釋 官：創網媒《加山傳播》籲制裁、宣揚煽動思想". Inmedia. 2022-04-06.
  4. Chau, Candice (2022-04-06). "Co-founder of defunct Hong Kong media outlet DB Channel denied bail over calls for int'l sanctions, judgement reveals". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  5. Ho, Kelly (2021-11-05). "Online media outlet DB Channel shuts operations in Hong Kong as detained co-founder awaits national security trial". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  6. "香港網媒創辦人沒參與初選案卻被點名 反駁稱被指煽動文章與案中被告無關". VOA. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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