Suspected of possession of more than 100 petrol bombs, Hong Kong man pleaded guilty and sentenced to 38 months in prison
[Global Network Report] According to Hong Kong media reports on May 10, including Hong Kong’s “Dongwang” and “Singdao.com”, the Hong Kong police smashed an “arms depot” in Wan Chai in early November 2019 and prosecuted 4 men and 1 woman. The crime of conspiracy to arson", and an alternate charge of the crime of "possessing (holding) objects with intent to damage the property of others".
One of the male students pleaded guilty in the District Court today (10th) to the crime of "possessing possessions with intent to damage the property of others" and was sentenced to 38 months in prison.
Judge Ye Zuowen said that the sentence involving petrol bombs is very heavy, and it will cost a lot to try the law.
According to reports, the 23-year-old male defendant who pleaded guilty today was named Mo Litao. The judge stated that the petrol bombs in the case were stored in commercial and residential buildings in large numbers and were easily dangerous.
The facts of the case even involved five people committing crimes in a planned way, all of which were serious in the case.
After referring to similar cases, the judge decided to imprison the defendant for 38 months.
According to the report, the defendant was in the final year of studying a bachelor's degree in public administration at the time of the crime.
He pleaded guilty to “possessing objects with intent to destroy or damage property”, and charged that he was in possession of 59 petrol bombs and 79 filled with white waste cotton in a house in Canal Road West, Wan Chai on November 2, 2019. Glass bottles, 50 glass bottles, about 4.6 liters of light yellow liquid containing diesel, about 1 liter of colorless liquid containing isopropyl alcohol, about 4.9 liters of green liquid containing gasoline, white waste cotton, cloth strips, cloth And towels.
According to the case, the police monitored outside the unit involved in the early morning on the day of the incident and decided to take action at 3 pm.
At that time, there was a strong smell of gasoline outside the house. The police officers used loudspeakers to identify themselves. The people inside the house did not respond. The police broke into the house and found that five people had escaped from the terrace to the lower floor. They were then found in a restaurant on the second floor of the same building. The defendant, he had fuel residues on his body at the time.
The report mentioned that a female defendant Yang Yongru had pleaded guilty to alternate charges earlier and was sentenced to 38 months in prison. The remaining three defendants in the same case will be tried on May 14.