During the student-led Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 , he collected donations from the Concert for Democracy in China in Hong Kong and travelled to Beijing to hand over the funds to student protesters in Tiananmen Square . He was detained by the authorities there and made to sign a confession letter before being allowed to return to Hong Kong . Since the events of 1989 , Lee has remained a standing committee member of the pro-Chinese democracy group , The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China . In 1995 , Lee was elected unopposed in a by-election of the Legislative Council , replacing Lau Chin-shek , who had resigned . He has since been re-elected four times , continuously serving as a lawmaker , except for a brief period during 1997 and 1998 , when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People 's Republic of China , and the Legislative Council temporarily became a Provisional Legislative Council , composed of Beijing nominees
Concert for Democracy in China
Concert for Democracy in China
Lee Cheuk-yan