Simon Cheng

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Cheng (鄭). In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Simon Cheng and the Chinese-style name is Cheng Man-kit.

Simon Cheng
鄭文傑
Cheng in 2022
Born (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990
British Hong Kong
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
OccupationsFormer trade and investment officer at the British Consulate-General, Hong Kong
Known forDetention in China in August 2019
Political partyLabour

Simon Cheng Man-kit (Chinese: 鄭文傑; born 10 October 1990) is a Hong Kong activist. He was formerly a trade and investment officer at the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong. Cheng was detained by Chinese authorities in August 2019 in West Kowloon station when he returned from a business trip in Shenzhen. Chinese government agents tortured Cheng to induce his confession on video that he was a British spy who was involved in instigating the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Cheng subsequently fled to London and was granted asylum in June 2020.

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