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Pair face plot trial

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A POLICE constable and a hawker charged with plotting to pervert the course of justice will face trial in the High Court.

Police officer Hau Wing-sum, 25, and hawker Chu Kam-to, 43, appeared before Magistrate Judianna Barnes in the Eastern Court yesterday and were committed for trial.

Hau faces a second charge of stealing an exhibit bag containing 191.3 kilograms of heroin from Sheung Shui police station on September 29, last year.

Chu and his wife, Hong Yuk-lan, 34, were released from custody after the drugs went missing. They had faced charges of possessing a dangerous drug for the purposes of trafficking.

No trial date was set.

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