Hong Kong bomb plot defendant claims police forced him to make false statements
- Alleged core member of ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ Christian Lee says police told him to memorise names of other defendants and firearm terms
Christian Lee Ka-tin told the High Court on Tuesday that following his arrest in 2020, some officers had instructed him to give false evidence against other suspects believed to have tested firearms and explosives in preparation for the planting of two bombs in Wan Chai on December 8, 2019.
Lee and five other defendants – Cheung Chun-fu, Cheung Ming-yu, Yim Man-him, Lai Chun-pong and Justin Hui Cham-wing – have denied involvement in the plot.
Brigade leader turned prosecution witness Wong Chun-keung earlier told the court that Lee possessed a firearm he had taken from Ng Chi-hung, the head of another team, after testing some guns and explosives in a suburb during November of that year.
While being questioned by his lawyer Priscilia Lam Tsz-ying, Lee said: “The part where I mentioned how we tested the explosives was made up. I did that because I wanted to satisfy police.”
The defendant also alleged that many of his answers in police statements from June 2020 were prepared by officers, who threatened him into giving the remarks during interrogation.
Lee told the court that Station Sergeant Fung Po-law, who apprehended the defendant at his home and brought him to the police station, forced him to say he possessed firearms, while other members of Fung’s team told him to memorise ballistic terminology and the names of some defendants for interviews with officers.
