Unemployed man tried to blow up Hong Kong police station in revenge plot from a comic book
Man, who has the same name as prominent lawmaker, taught himself to make the explosive substances using materials purchased from pocket money given by his parents
A “Leung Kwok-hung” embarked on a comic-inspired revenge plot to detonate five explosive test tubes at Aberdeen Police Station in October 2014 because he hated police for mistreating him , a court heard on Wednesday.
Leung, an unemployed 18-year-old who has no ties to the lawmaker of the same name, pleaded guilty at High Court to one count of making explosives with intent to endanger life or property, and another of attempting to cause an explosion.
He will be sentenced on July 20, pending multiple reports on his background, social welfare, plus psychological and psychiatric conditions.
Madam Justice Esther Toh Lye-ping was told Leung wanted to avenge police for mistreating him when he was arrested for a burglary three years earlier, and concocted his plan based on a comic book.
He taught himself to make the explosive substances and produced five tubes in four days using materials purchased from pocket money given by his parents, who were both welfare recipients.
On October 28, Leung presented a box of five test tubes at the station report room and threatened to detonate them when asked if the box was lost property.