HK$2 million bounty was offered to cripple Hong Kong protest organiser Jimmy Sham, court hears
- Salesman Lo Kin-wa’s evidence emerged in the District Court on Wednesday
- He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to cause Sham grievous bodily harm, and driving without third-party insurance or the car owner’s consent
Salesman Lo Kin-wa’s evidence emerged in the District Court on Wednesday after the 29-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to cause the Civil Human Rights Front convenor grievous bodily harm, and driving without third-party insurance or the car owner’s consent.
“Some Hongkonger in Tuen Mun wanted to cripple his leg,” Lo said during a cautioned interview last September. “The reward was to be HK$2 million.”
He further admitted to recruiting a driver – as per Boy’s instruction to find help – and to take turns in driving on the day, but said he was not involved in the assault since he had been wandering around Tak Hing Street at the time of the attack.
Police investigation showed Lo was driving three men from Tuen Mun to Jordan, where he swapped duties with the second driver after the latter located Sham.
Security camera footage obtained from the restaurant showed two masked men, armed with a baseball bat and a 60cm-long beef knife, carrying out the assault that injured Sham’s friend, Law Kwok-wai, while they were having lunch.
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The two assailants, who have yet to be identified, then fled the scene and returned to the car that transported them back to Tuen Mun.
A medical examination found Law had suffered tenderness and swelling in his left forearm, which he had used to block three blows from the bat.
District judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng has adjourned Lo’s mitigation and sentencing, as the second driver is still on trial.
The Post has withheld the co-defendant’s name, given that he was only 15 at the time of committing the attack.
The boy, now 16, has denied being part of the conspiracy. He also said he did not know he was using a lost vehicle, but admitted to driving without a licence or third-party insurance.
Sham has testified in his trial, recounting the shock of being suddenly attacked.
