Jail sentence 'wake-up call' for Hong Kong rioters

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HONG KONG, May 19 (China Daily/ANN) - Three young protesters involved in last year's social unrest — one who possessed five gasoline bombs, and two others who caused property damage of over HK$230,000 (US$29,700) — were sentenced to prison on Monday in two separate cases.

Law professor Willy Fu Kin-chi said the sentences are a wake-up call to those Hong Kong youngsters who intend to participate in illegal protests.

Lee was arrested later during a dispersal operation against about 100 protesters at the scene. After he was apprehended, police seized five gasoline bombs inside a backpack he had left in an alley. Leung Ho-long and Leung Tsz-long were arrested after damaging turnstiles, ticket vending machines and screens worth HK$230,000 at a light rail station in Tin Shui Wai with four others at about 2 am on Sept 7.

Magistrate Kathie Cheung Kit-yee said the crime was premeditated, as the twins had prepared tools and extra clothes for the plot.

 

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