Mastermind and team leader of plot to blow up police officers during Hong Kong protests plead guilty
- Ng Chi-hung and Wong Chun-keung, leader of ‘Dragonteam’ channel on Telegram, admit to crime under United Nations anti-terrorism ordinance
- Duo led planning of attack that aimed to detonate two bombs packed with more than 20kg of explosives among officers in Wan Chai in December 2019
The mastermind and a team leader of a plan to detonate more than 20kg (44lbs) of explosives in the heart of Hong Kong in a bid to kill police officers during the 2019 anti-government protests have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a bombing.
The plot also involved a nearly two-week training session in Taiwan, where group members were schooled in the ideology of terrorism, a bombing trial run in a Sai Kung suburb and the recruitment of a “sniper” to shoot officers in Wan Chai during the attack.
But the scheme was foiled by police just hours before the group planned to strike.
Plan mastermind Ng Chi-hung and Wong Chun-keung, leader of the “Dragonteam” channel on the Telegram messenger app that crowdfunded more than HK$4 million (US$1.79 million) for the plot, returned to the High Court on Thursday.
They admitted a joint count of conspiracy to commit the bombing of prescribed objects under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance.
Prosecutors invoked the ordinance for the first time since its enactment in 2002.