Lam graduated from the
Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999, studying Government and Public Administration. After graduation, he joined the
Democratic Party and became assistant of
Albert Ho. He was transferred to Democratic Party's Legislative Council Secretariat in 2001 and became assistant of party's chairman in 2003, having been serving
Yeung Sum,
Lee Wing-tat and Albert Ho. In 2006 when the Democratic Party set up a five-member investigation commission on the allegation of some senior members involving in spying activities of Beijing, he became the secretary of the commission. He left the party and joined the
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as an investigator in 2006. He returned to the Democratic Party as chief executive in 2011, succeeding Chan Ka-wai who quit after being caught visiting a one-woman brothel. Lam is a spokesman of the Property Owners' Anti Bid-Rigging Alliance against an alleged bid-rigging scandal in Garden Vista, where he is a resident, as well as the alleged scandals in other flats. In 2015, he won a seat in
Shek Wu Hui of the
North District Council in the
2015 District Council elections, defeating incumbent Simon Wong Yuen-keung. In 2016, he represented the Democratic Party to run successfully in
New Territories East for the
2016 Legislative Council election, succeeding chairwoman
Emily Lau. He was re-elected in the
2019 District Council elections for the same constituency, but resigned on 31 March 2021 when he was remanded in custody. On 6 January 2021, Lam was among 53 members of the pro-democratic camp who were
arrested under the
national security law, specifically its provision regarding alleged subversion. The group stood accused of the organisation of and participation in unofficial primary elections held by the camp in July 2020. Lam was released on bail on 7 January.
Legal cases 2019 Yuen Long attack on 6 July 2019. He was granted bail the same month, which was extended in December under condition of a ban on leaving Hong Kong. Prosecutors had cited the case of
Ted Hui, without mentioning his name, as a reason for an increased risk that Lam would abscond. On 28 December, Lam was arrested for allegedly disclosing personal details of individuals under police investigation for their possible role in the Yuen Long attacks. In January 2022 he was sentenced to four months in prison upon having been found guilty of disclosing the identity of a police superintendent under investigation.
Hong Kong 47 Lam was again arrested on 6 January 2021 as part of the
2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries participants. In May 2021, a representative of Lam said that Lam and eight other people who had been injured in the Yuan Long attack had decided to drop the civil lawsuit against Police Commissioner
Chris Tang that they had filed in January 2020 in relation to the attack, citing the legal fees; his lawyer Albert Ho said that Lam felt "very tired having to attend all these [multiple charges]". On 30 May 2024, Lam was found guilty of subversion, along with 13 other defendants. He was
sentenced to 6 years and nine months in prison. ==References==