A Hong Kong court has convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019. Local media reported the verdict of the city’s first case involving a United Nations anti-terrorism law on Thursday.
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot duringA panel of nine jurors convicted Lai Chun-pong of conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger life or cause significant property damage. He was acquitted of conspiring to target prescribed objects with bombs under the anti-terror law.
The seven are not well-known activists in the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s pro-democracy movement, but their case has drawn attention because the United Nations Ordinance was invoked. Lawyers of Lee and Lai told the court that police had assaulted their clients following their arrests. But the accused sergeant denied the allegations in court.
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