2 members of thwarted Hong Kong bomb plot stole chemicals from university laboratory to make explosives, court hears

Two members of a thwarted bomb plot targeting Hong Kong police and civilians at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests stole chemicals from a local university laboratory to make explosives, the High Court has heard.

Prosecutor Juliana Chow Hoi-ling also said on Wednesday the only woman of the seven defendants charged under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance, Lau Pui-ying, handled more than HK$2 million (US$255,230) raised through crowdfunding between August 2019 and that December to support the purchase of firearms and ammunition.

Lau has been charged with one count of conspiracy of providing or collecting property to commit terrorist acts.

The other six defendants – Cheung Chun-fu, Cheung Ming-yu, Yim Man-him, Christian Lee Ka-tin, Lai Chun-pong and Justin Hui Cham-wing – were jointly charged with a count of conspiracy to commit the bombing of prescribed objects.

Read more: South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)