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National security law: 3 teens charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism in connection with alleged plot to bomb key targets in Hong Kong
- Defendants are Ho Yu-wang, 17, Alexander Au, 19, and a 15-year-old who cannot be identified
- The six others arrested during a police operation on Monday have either been released on bail or were expected to be
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Three Hong Kong teenagers arrested over an alleged terrorist plot to bomb streets, courts and transport networks have been charged under the national security law and remanded in custody.
The three secondary school boys were charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist activities when they appeared at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday evening.
They are Ho Yu-wang, 17, Alexander Au, 19, and a 15-year-old who cannot be identified.
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The two older defendants both study at a government school in Kwun Tong, while the third is a student at an institution in Tseung Kwan O.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of a life sentence, but local laws governing juvenile proceedings stipulate that defendants under the age of 16 cannot be sent to jail unless no alternative sentencing options exist.
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Hong Kong police arrest nine over alleged terrorist plot to bomb streets, courts, transport networks
Hong Kong police arrest nine over alleged terrorist plot to bomb streets, courts, transport networks
They were among nine people, most of them teens, arrested during a series of police raids on Monday.
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