‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ leader admits 2019 Hong Kong bomb plot allegations contained untruth, court hears
- Wong Chun-keung says he agreed to all the prosecution’s allegations, which he now concedes had false information, because he wanted his sentence reduced
- Wong has denied that defendants underwent military training in Taiwan in September 2019 in preparation for bomb plot to be carried out later that year
The leader of the “Dragon Slaying Brigade”, the team behind a thwarted 2019 bomb plot targeting Hong Kong police, has admitted that the allegations against seven defendants contained false information but he did not raise the issue because he wanted to have his sentence reduced.
Prosecution witness Wong Chun-keung, the mastermind behind the plot to plant two bombs to kill police on December 8, 2019, said on Tuesday he had agreed to all the allegations laid out by the prosecution because that was part of the conditions of his plea bargain.
The allegations included that defendants had military training in Taiwan that September in preparation for the bomb plot, but Wong admitted it was not related to the coming attack as the trial entered its fourth week.
“Even though you knew the [military training] in Taiwan was irrelevant to the whole plot, but in your understanding, you had to agree to the prosecution case because you were to plead guilty?” asked Mrs Justice Judianna Barnes.
Wong replied: “As I was pleading guilty to [charges against me], I knew I had to admit the summary of facts.”
In criminal proceedings, the summary of facts is a legal document presented by the prosecution to support their claims.