China News Service, Hong Kong, January 14 (Reporter Wang Jiacheng) The defendant Liao Ziwen, who was transferred back to Hong Kong from the Mainland in the "12 Hong Kong people smuggling case", was escorted to the District Court on the afternoon of the 14th.
He was involved in an arson case in Hong Kong and was charged with one count of conspiracy to endanger life and arson.
The judge adjourned the case until March 2 to wait for the defendant to apply for legal aid and deal with it together with other defendants in the same case.
The defense did not apply for bail, and its 3,000 HKD bail will be confiscated.
Liao Ziwen, 17 years old at the time of the crime, is 18 years old. He was suspected of possessing petrol bomb raw materials in a building in Wan Chai on September 30, 2019. He was also charged with four other defendants Deng Tiran, Zheng Jin, Zheng Zihao and Li Weilong. A crime of conspiracy to endanger life and arson.
The second count of possession of objects with intent to destroy or damage property is an alternate charge of the first count.
The defendants in this case, Deng Tiran and Zheng Zihao, are both defendants in the "12 Hong Kong people smuggling case". They were previously convicted of "organizing others to cross the border" and "stealing across the border" in the Mainland. They were sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined 2 Ten thousand yuan, seven months in prison, and a fine of 10,000 yuan. He is currently serving his sentence.
Liao, Deng and Zheng were also absent from the Hong Kong District Court and had their guarantees cancelled and an arrest warrant issued earlier.
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