Arrest warrant issued for former Hong Kong opposition party vice-chairman after no-show over allegations of false claims about face masks
- Arrest warrant issued for former Demosisto vice-chairman Isaac Cheng over allegations of false claims about efficiency of masks
- Cheng thought to have moved to Britain before case first referred to Kwun Tong Court last September
A Hong Kong court has issued an arrest warrant for the former vice-chairman of disbanded opposition party Demosisto for skipping criminal proceedings in connection with a stock of more than 900 boxes of surgical masks said to have had false performance claims made for them.
The move came after Issac Cheng Ka-long was served with a summons after prosecutors said he had breached trade description laws by possessing for sale substandard masks, which were contained in yellow boxes printed with “Not made in China”.
The 22-year-old has been absent from the proceedings since the case was first referred to Kwun Tong Court last September.
He revealed on Facebook in April he had moved to Britain before the first hearing.
Deputy Magistrate Tobias Cheng Yun-chung granted a request by prosecutors on Friday for an arrest warrant after he accepted the appropriate legal documents had been served on the activist.
The deputy magistrate issued a separate warrant for the arrest of Tobias Leung Yin-fung, 27, a former standing committee member of Demosisto, who received a summons for the same offence.