Hong Kong protest bomb plot mastermind is jailed for nearly 24 years
HONG KONG —
Hong Kong
’s high court on Thursday sentenced a man to 23 years and 10 months in prison for being the mastermind of an alleged plot to attack police with explosives during the city’s pro-democracy and anti-China protests in 2019.
The man, Ng Chi-hung, 28, had been charged with “prohibitions against bombing of prescribed objects” under the United Nations Anti-Terrorism Ordinance and a conspiracy to use explosives and firearms to endanger life.
Another defendant, Wong Chun-keung, the leader of a group known as the “Dragon Slayers” that was active during the 2019 protests, was sentenced to 13 years and six months imprisonment.
Justice Judianna Barnes also sentenced five others to between 5 years and 10 months and 12 years for various offenses including possessing f...