Le Van Muoi

Le Van Muoi (Chinese: 黎民十; March 1966 – 9 October 2020), also known as "Ah Sap" (Cantonese: 阿十), was a Vietnamese homeless man in Hong Kong and a former Vietnamese refugee. Before his death, he lived in Tung Chau Street Park in Sham Shui Po.

Early life Ah Sap was born in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was the tenth child in his family, with nine older siblings. His family was a typical poor rural Vietnamese household. In 1987, he came to Hong Kong to escape war and seek a livelihood. On 8 May, police stated that nine arrested officers had been suspended on suspicion of "misconduct in public office" and "perverting the course of justice," and the case was handed to the for investigation, though no prosecutions were initiated for an extended period.

After the assault, Shiu Ka-chun invoked the Cap. 486 Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance to request surveillance footage from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department for those two days. However, the department refused, citing that the case had entered judicial proceedings and that the police strongly opposed disclosure. Shiu criticized the police for obstructing public exposure of the incident and preventing citizens from pursuing private prosecutions.

In October 2020, Ah Sap was arrested on suspicion of drug possession. Sham Shui Po district councilor Jay Lee Ting-fung believed the exhibition itself was a positive initiative. He said the organizers originally wanted to pilot open exhibitions in public spaces. Due to COVID-19, the event was moved from a closed public sports facility to the vacant Tung Chau Street Temporary Market. Lee noted that the homeless people were not evicted by HKDC, and argued that the incident involving “Ah Sap" was unrelated. However, he believed the controversy escalated because Hong Kong citizens no longer trust the government.

Aftermath of Ah Sup's death On 21 October 2020, former Legislative Council member Shiu Ka-chun, Pastor Lam Kwok-cheung, and Fernando Cheung, who had previously assisted Ah Sap, held a press conference at the park to announce the arrangements for his funeral and other affairs. After Ah Sap's death, his family wrote to Pastor Lam Kwok-cheung requesting that he handle the funeral arrangements on their behalf. Regarding the unusual request for a witness statement during the body identification process, Lam said that he had worked with homeless people for more than eight years and had helped identify nearly twenty bodies, but had never encountered such a demand before.

The 2020 Tung Chau Street police brutality case remained unresolved after Ah Sap's death, leading to public concerns that the investigation had been repeatedly delayed. Shiu Ka-chun said he had continuously requested CCTV footage from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department under the Code on Access to Information, intending to pursue private prosecution against the officers involved, but authorities refused disclosure on the grounds that the case had "entered judicial proceedings."

In September 2022, after COVID-19 restrictions eased and border controls were relaxed, Pastor Lam personally brought Ah Sap's ashes back to his hometown in Vietnam for burial and met with his family. His ashes were subsequently interred there, and a gravestone and ancestral tablet were established. Six of them were convicted of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two years to three years and five months. The six convicted officers were Leung Fei-pang, Pong Chun-sze, Lam Wah-ka, Mok Chi-shing, Wan Pak-sze, and Chan Sau-yip. DCCC-123/2021