Hong Kong protests: trio convicted of vandalism plot after dashcam footage records plan for MTR station attack
- A court convicted three men of plotting to vandalise Tuen Mun Ferry Pier MTR light rail station during the 2019 social unrest
- Defendants were found guilty thanks to dashcam video recording of trio’s planning session
The trio were among four defendants, all in their 20s, who went on trial at the District Court last month on a joint charge of conspiracy to commit criminal damage over a plan to vandalise the Tuen Mun Ferry Pier MTR light rail station on September 5, 2019.
City railway operator MTR Corporation was frequently targeted by anti-government protesters that summer, many of whom accused the firm of assisting police officers in dispersal and arrest operations at demonstrations.
The court heard that police intercepted the three men at around 1.45am on the day concerned after they were spotted behaving suspiciously inside a white vehicle parked outside a fish market near Butterfly Beach.
The driver, 26-year-old spectacles salesman Li Kwan-ho, was found with items associated with vandalism: a hammer, screwdriver, spanner, a pair of forceps, and protest gear such as masks and gloves.
One of the men, part-time tennis coach Ivan Cheung Tsun-wai, 27, was carrying posters listing the personal particulars of three police officers.