Jeffrey Leung (), known as Fragile Bard () online, is a human rights activist originally from Hong Kong and currently residing in the United States. He was subject to political persecution at age 15 for peaceful expression, fled alone to the US at age 16 to seek political asylum, and is since known for aiding dissidents under persecution in Hong Kong and China.
Leung was enrolled at the King's College, Hong Kong, prior to fleeing. At 15 years of age, he was detained and interrogated, and his computer and phone searched, by the Hong Kong police National Security Department for creating works on social media that satirize Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party, and its government.
Leung publishes works and opinions on his YouTube channel "Chronicle of Fragile Items", Discord, and other platforms. The pseudonym is inspired by Namewee's song "Fragile", satirizing the sensitivity of the Little Pink and Chinese ultranationalists to any criticism. Interviews of Leung discussing his experience being persecuted in Hong Kong have gained over 2 million views.
In September 2021, Jeffrey Leung entered high school, and was introduced to the controversial "Citizenship and Social Development" course, questioned as brainwashing education in Hong Kong. The course further motivated him to satirize and spoof Xi Jinping.
On February 10, 2022, five National Security Department police officers came to Jeffrey Leung's home with a search warrant issued by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, conducted an investigation, took him to the police station, and interrogated him about his YouTube account and the Ruters Association, an association of anti-CCP creators in which Jeffrey Leung had participated. The police accused Jeffrey Leung of sedition, demanded him to sign a confession with screenshots of his channel, and confiscated his computer, mobile phone, and other personal belongings. Since then, the national security police continually harassed Jeffrey Leung, and pressured him to act as an informant and provide information about other members of the Ruters Association. Under stress and unease from the arrest, interrogation, and harassment, Jeffrey Leung completed 10th grade at King's College.
In August 2022, Jeffrey Leung decided to leave Hong Kong. With the help of his elder brother, he flew to San Francisco alone as an unaccompanied minor, and sought political asylum. Upon arriving in the United States, Jeffrey Leung was detained at an immigration facility for over three months, and lived with two foster families. As his asylum application is pending, he may legally reside in the U.S. Having been released from detention, Jeffrey Leung attended a public high school. Meanwhile, his family left Hong Kong and relocated to the United Kingdom. Jeffrey Leung's experience reflects the suppression of free speech under the Hong Kong National Security Law. He said in an interview that many young people had chosen to leave Hong Kong because of the political situation.
Since 2024, Jeffrey Leung has coordinated legal and social aid to Hong Kong and Chinese dissidents facing doxxing and political persecution in movements like the Great Translation Movement, and helped Yuen-Hong Tam and others seek political asylum in Canada or the U.S.
In May 2025, Jeffrey Leung was elected as a member of the first Hong Kong Parliament, an exiled organization, but did not choose to take the oath of office, resulting in his seat being vacant.
On August 1, 2025, Jeffrey Leung formally filed a petition with the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing high-ranking judges and prosecutors of crimes against humanity for their roles in political persecution of protesters and journalists in Hong Kong. The petition leverages the ICCâÂÂs personal jurisdiction over British and British overseas nationals. By targeting the dual status of these officials, the petition aims to shatter the "just following orders" defense, and establish international legal accountability for those facilitating authoritarian repression while enjoying the protections of citizenship in a free democratic nation.