NewMastermind behind chopper attack on Kevin Lau ‘may never be known’
Newspaper founder and lawmaker who were victims of similar attacks are still waiting for justice
Even if the people who attacked Ming Pao former chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to are caught, the mastermind behind the plot may never be revealed.
That’s the warning from two high-profile victims of similar attacks – Shih Wing-ching, the founder of free newspaper AM730, and lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan – who recalled their first-hand experiences of Hong Kong’s violent underbelly on Commercial Radio this morning.
Lau remains in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a knife attack on his back and legs on the Sai Wan Ho waterfront on Wednesday. Police are searching for the two men who carried out the attack before escaping on a motorbike. But even if they are found, the person they were working for may escape justice, if the experience of Ho is anything to go by.
The attackers who beat up Democrat Ho in a restaurant in 2006 were caught and jailed, but Ho believes he will never know who ordered the attack.
People who carried out such attacks were paid such large sums of money that they would never spill the beans on their bosses, said Ho.
Many suspected the attack was linked to a dispute Ho was having with a casino, but this was never proven.
Shih meanwhile, said that the two men, armed with hammers, who tried to attack him last July had never been found.