April Fifth Action
The April Fifth Action (四五行動), named after the first Tiananmen incident of April 5, 1976 (also known as the April Fifth Movement) is a very small radical socialist group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The most famous member of the group is Leung Kwok-hung, better known as "long-hair" locally.
Although the group strives for a socialist ideal, it aligns with the pro-democracy camp in its opposition to the governments of China and HKSAR, and calls for more democracy. The group is well known for its aggressive and "civil disobedient" style of actions to protest against governments of China and Hong Kong during celebrations and visits of state leaders, often resulting in confrontations with the police. Its members have also been prosecuted for disrupting meetings of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo).
The most famous member, Leung Kwok-hung, has contested but lost in both the 2000 LegCo elections and 2003 District Council elections. But he considered the latter battle in 2003 a victory from the number of votes he got in a district which traditionally supports pro-Beijing candidates.
Leung is running for LegCo member again in 2004, and he gained very high popularity among the Internet community. With the increase of seat numbers and his high votes in 2000, Leung is considered very likely to enter the Council this time.
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