Threatening letters sent to 2 more Hong Kong judges who jailed anti-government protesters
- High Court Judge Johnny Chan and District Judge Clement Lee receive letters with a substance containing what appears to be meat
- Cases, which are classified as criminal intimidation, come after two threatening letters sent to two of their colleagues earlier this month
Threatening letters have been sent to two more judges who jailed anti-government protesters, after two similar cases occurred in the past two weeks.
Two letters with a teaspoon of a substance that appeared to contain meat were sent to Court of First Instance Judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng at the High Court Building in Admiralty, a police source said. They were picked up at around 2.20pm and the court’s security department alerted police.
The insider said the letters contained a message written in English that said: “Hor Foon Hay is watching you”. The meaning of the phrase was not immediately clear.
The force’s bomb squad was deployed to examine the letters but nothing dangerous was found.
In the second incident about two hours later, police received a call from the District Court on Harbour Road in Wan Chai after two letters identical to the one sent to Chan were received. They were addressed to District Judge Clement Lee Hing-nin, according to the insider.
The bomb squad was again deployed and found nothing dangerous in the mail.
The two cases were classified as criminal intimidation.