‘A tsunami of public opinion’: unexpected winner hails Hong Kong voters
Former student activist, who was charged during the Umbrella Movement, says public is to thank for overwhelming victory
Tommy Cheung, a round-faced 25-year-old former student activist, did not expect to emerge a winner in the electoral battle for Yuen Long district council, a heavily conservative rural corner of Hong Kong and a stronghold of clan power.
But on Monday morning, he was pleasantly surprised to wake up to find that he had secured 3,177 votes, nearly 900 more than his opponent, the incumbent deputy chairman of the Yuen Long district council, who hails from a powerful local family.
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