Hong Kong ringleader of bomb plot team ‘Dragon Slayer Brigade’ sought sustained crowdfunding in bid to kill 30 police officers, court told
- Mastermind Wong Chun-keung says he co-managed crowdfunding operation on Telegram channel in 2019 to buy firearms
- Dragon Slayer Brigade, comprising about 10 ‘valiant’ protesters led by Wong, had planned on killing at least 30 officers, court told
The ringleader of the “Dragon Slayer Brigade”, a team behind a thwarted 2019 bomb plot targeting Hong Kong police, appealed to supporters for sustained crowdfunding in their quest to kill at least 30 officers during a protest, a court has heard.
Plot mastermind Wong Chun-keung told the High Court on Friday he and defendant Lau Pui-ying co-managed a channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service, in November 2019 to receive money from an anti-government faction, to buy firearms meant for use in a protest on December 8 that year.
Lau is the only woman among the seven defendants standing trial over charges under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance.
Telegram chat records displayed in court showed Wong sent a message to the group two days before they planned to carry out the plot, asking for financial support for the team’s escape if they were successful.
The message from Wong said: “[Comrades] who are willing to play an ‘online game’ with us, we plan on collecting at least 30 ‘dragon hearts’. Are you willing to give us sustained financial support?”
He said “dragon heart” was insider slang that meant the life of a police officer.