Hong Kong bomb plotter tied to ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ admits to hiding evidence
- Prosecution witness Eddie Pang concedes he was hoping to be charged with less serious offences, although he maintains being truthful in court
Defence lawyers on Friday challenged the credibility of Eddie Pang Kwan-ho, a key witness testifying for the prosecution, over the inconsistency of his testimony.
Pang had earlier alleged some of the defendants used real firearms during military training in Taiwan, stole chemicals to make bombs from a university laboratory and plotted to harm police with corrosive fluid during the height of the social unrest in 2019.
But he denied fabricating a story to accuse six other defendants, explaining he only told police less information than he should have.
The six men – Cheung Chun-fu, Cheung Ming-yu, Yim Man-him, Christian Lee Ka-tin, Lai Chun-pong and Justin Hui Cham-wing – are standing trial over their alleged involvement to plant two bombs in Wan Chai on December 8, 2019.
They have denied a joint count of conspiracy to commit bombing of prescribed objects under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance.