Hong Kong bomb plot ringleader planned to flee to Taiwan with team members if successful, receive further military training, court hears
- Mastermind Wong Chun-keung testifies he started preparing escape just days ahead of planned bombing of police officers in Wan Chai
- He says he planned for members of ‘Dragon Slayer Brigade’ to flee to Taiwan to receive second round of military training if they were successful in 2019 plot
A ringleader behind a thwarted bomb plot targeting Hong Kong police during the 2019 social unrest planned to flee to Taiwan with his team members to receive further military training if they were successful, a court has heard.
Plot mastermind Wong Chun-keung on Thursday told the High Court he started preparing for their escape five days before December 8, 2019, the date he learned fellow ringleader Ng Chi-hung had set for executing their plan to set off two bombs to kill officers in Wan Chai.
“When I learned of [Ng’s] ‘big mission’, I started arranging an escape plan for our team,” Wong said.
“I was thinking that we should team up with Ng’s squad and hold a second military training in late December that year, after we had already fled to Taiwan.”
Wong was testifying for the third day against his alleged teammates in the “Dragon Slayer Brigade” comprising about 10 “valiant” protesters.
Telegram group chat records displayed in court showed Wong sent details about a second military training in Taiwan to all team members, but some questioned its purpose.
The mastermind earlier testified that some of the members attended an initial military training run by a retired Taiwanese soldier on the self-ruled island between September 16 to 28 in 2019.