Evidence of Alan LEONG’s connections with the NDI

Key words: Alan LEONG, collaborator, National Democratic Institute (NDI)

Alan LEONG Kah-kit (LegCo members photo)

Background

In November 2012, Zhang Xiaoming, a top official in charge of Hong Kong affairs spoke out about interference by "external powers" in Hong Kong, alleging unspecified powers were helping co-ordinate campaigns for opposition parties - writing that: "external powers" "even get deeply involved in local elections and help co-ordinating campaigns for opposition parties. We have to take necessary measures to prevent external interference."¹

What Alan LEONG Kah-kit said

Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit, described this allegation as "hollower than hollow", saying:

"It is the most irresponsible way to make an allegation, because there is no evidence."

What’s the evidence?

Alan Leong Kah-kit knows what the evidence is, because he has collaborated with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on a number of their programs in Hong Kong, including one involving a local election.

The following are examples of some of the occasions Alan LEONG, as a member of the Civic Party has collaborated with the NDI on their programs in Hong Kong:

Alan LEONG takes part in NDI monitoring of 2008 Legislative Council Elections

Between July and  September 2008, the NDI conducted a study with the assistance of the Hong Kong Transition Project, in which six Hong Kong university students shadowed the campaigns of six Legislative Council candidates.

Alan LEONG, Audrey EU and Tanya CHAN of the Civic Party were three of the candidates who participated in this NDI project².

Alan LEONG takes part in NDI Student Election Monitoring program
Appendix II of Promise of Democratization Report 13

Alan LEONG attends an NDI/HKU Conference in October 2009

On 10 October 2009 Alan LEONG, Legislator, Vice Chairman, Civic Party attended an NDI sponsored conference at HKU in the Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Breaking the Deadlock. October 2009. This and other conferences in this series were used by the NDI for developing political parties in Hong Kong. Here are some photographs from that conference:

Poster for the 2009 NDI Sponsored Conference

Alan LEONG is an audience member

Belinda Winterbourne of the NDI on one of the panels

Alan LEONG is a speaker at an NDI/HKU Conference in January 2010

On 9 January 2010 Alan LEONG, Legislator, Vice Chairman, Civic Party was a speaker at an NDI sponsored conference at HKU in the Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Will it Break the Deadlock. January 2010. Here are some photographs from that conference:

January 2010 Conference Organizers

Alan LEONG, guest speaker at the NDI Conference
Note the NDI Logo next to Anson CHAN's head

Belinda Winterbourne, Hong Kong NDI Program Manager,
in the audience

Alan LEONG collaborates in NDI conspiracy to trigger the defacto ‘referendum’ on 26 January 2010

On 26 January 2010, Alan Leong, together with Tanya Chan, Albert Chan, "Longhair" Leung Kwok-hung and Wong Yuk-man resigned their LegCo seats, to trigger by-elections which they claimed was a de-facto ‘referendum’ on universal suffrage only to be reelected unopposed to their seats, in a conspiracy which was co-planned by the NDI.

Here’s a screenshot of NDI Program Manager Belinda Winterbourne helping plan the 2010 defacto ‘referendum’:

Belinda Winterbourne, NDI Program Manager (on the right),
conspiring with the pan-democrats to trigger the 2010 defacto 'referendum'.
Alan LEONG collaborated in this conspiracy.

You can read more about this conspiracy here: http://nedprogramsinhk.blogspot.com/2016/08/conspiracy-between-pan-democratic.html

Alan LEONG is a speaker at an NDI/HKU Conference in November 2010

On 27 November 2010. Alan LEONG, Legislator, Vice Chairman, Civic Party was a speaker at an NDI sponsored conference at HKU in the Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Deadlock Broken – What Next? November 2010. Here are some photographs from that conference:

November 2010 Conference Organizers

Alan LEONG, guest speaker at the NDI Conference

Comment

The evidence shows Alan LEONG has collaborated with the NDI on a number of occasions and in 2010 he took part in a campaign to trigger a defacto ‘referendum’ which was coordinated with the assistance of the NDI. This shows his words are "hollower than hollow”.

He has betrayed the Hong Kong people, he has brought disgrace on his profession and if he were a man of honor, he would withdraw his candidacy in the 2016 Legislative Council elections and retire from public life, never to be heard of again.

We ask all voters to seriously question whether with such an untrustworthy individual like Alan LEONG as one of their senior members, are Civic Party candidates worthy of their vote.

Reference

¹SCMP. Fury in Hong Kong at Beijing official's claim of 'foreign interference'. 23 November 2012. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1088629/fury-hong-kong-beijing-officials-claim-foreign-interference

²The Promise of Democratization in Hong Kong: The 2008 Legislative Council Elections. NDI Hong Kong Report #13. 15 October 2008. See link to report: http://nedprogramsinhk.blogspot.com/2016/08/ndi-delegation-visits-hong-kong-in_85.html

Photo credits

Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Breaking the Deadlock. 10 October 2009 

See link: http://www.law.hku.hk/photos/2009oct10/index.htm

Hong Kong Political Reform Series: The 2009 Consultation Document - Will it Break the Deadlock on 9 Jan 2010. See link: http://www.law.hku.hk/conferencesphoto/jan/9/index.html

Hong Kong Political Reform Series on Facebook. Deadlock Broken. What Next? Posted on 27 November 2010. See link: https://www.facebook.com/HongKongPoliticalReformSeries/?fref=nf