{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{family name hatnote|[[Cai (surname)|Tsoi]]|Richard Tsoi|Tsoi Yiu-cheong|lang=Hong Kong}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh|蔡耀昌}}}} | image = Richard Tsoi in 2010 Hong Kong 1 July marches.JPG | image_size = 200px | caption = Richard Tsoi in 2010 Hong Kong [[July 1 marches]] | office = Member of the [[Sha Tin District Council]] | term_start = 2004 | term_end = 2007 | predecessor = [[Porinda Liu]] | successor = [[Scarlett Pong]] | constituency = [[Fo Tan]] | office1 = Secretary-General of the [[Hong Kong Federation of Students]] | term_start1 = 1990 | term_end1 = 1991 | predecessor1 = [[Andrew To]] | successor1 = [[Adeline Wong]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|09|11}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Chine Chan | party = [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] (2008–2025)<br>[[The Frontier (Hong Kong)|Frontier]] (?—2008) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], [[University of Hong Kong]], [[Tsinghua University]] and [[People's University of China]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/yctsoi/info Richard Tsoi's Facebook]</ref> | occupation = [[Politician]] | profession = | website = }} {{Infobox Chinese |order= |showflag= |c=蔡耀昌 |p=Cài Yàochāng |j=Coi<sup>3</sup> Jiu<sup>6</sup> coeng<sup>1</sup> |y=Choi Yiuh chēung }}
'''Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong''' ({{lang-zh|蔡耀昌}}; born 11 September 1967<ref>[http://www.dphkweb.org/11dc/dinfo.php?id=129 蔡耀昌TSOI Yiu Cheong Richard - 民主黨2011年區議會選舉網站]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/yctsoi/info Richard Tsoi's Facebook]</ref>) is a Hong Kong politician and the former vice-chairman of the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]. He ran for many Legislative Council and District Council elections and was elected as [[Sha Tin District Council]]lor in 2003. On March 5, 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Tsoi resigned from duties after joint petition from colleagues against his criticism of local restaurants being discriminatory towards Mainland Chinese.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Natalie |title=Core member of Hong Kong's Democratic Party resigns from duties after joint petition from colleagues against his criticism of restaurants barring mainland Chinese |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3075245/core-member-hong-kongs-democratic-party-resigns-duties |accessdate=15 March 2020 |publisher=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
Tsoi has been active in many pressure groups and protests of the [[pro-democracy camp]].
On 18 April 2020, Tsoi was arrested as one of 15 Hong Kong high-profile democracy figures, on suspicion of organizing, publicizing or taking part in several unauthorized assemblies between August and October 2019 in the course of the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|anti-extradition bill]] protests. Following protocol, the police statement did not disclose the names of the accused.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/world/asia/hong-kong-arrests.html |title = Amid Pandemic, Hong Kong Arrests Major Pro-Democracy Figures|first1=Elaine|last1=Yu|first2=Austin|last2=Ramzy|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 18 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/18/8-hong-kong-pro-democracy-figures-arrested-in-latest-police-round-up-party-says/ |title = 15 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in latest police round up|first=Rachel|last=Wong|newspaper=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]|date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 18 April 2020}}</ref>
==Positions held== * Vice Chairman, [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] * Deputy Convenor, [[Alliance for Universal Suffrage]] * Executive Committee Member, [[Power for Democracy]] * Member, Hong Kong Human Rights Commission * Executive Committee Member, Amnesty International Hong Kong * Spokesman, Coalition to Monitor Public Transport and Utilities * Deputy Convenor, Health Care Policy Forum * Convenor, The Shatin Union for People's Livelihood * Chair, Sha Tin Youth Right Association<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/yctsoi/info Richard Tsoi's Facebook]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{S-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Emily Lau]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Vice Chairperson of [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] |alongside=[[Lo Kin-hei]]|years=2012–2014}} {{s-aft|after=[[Andrew Wan]]}} {{S-end}} {{HK Democratic Party}}
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