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The suspected school responds to the strike. Tsing Yi Middle School was bombed with gasoline. Three students in the school were arrested along with their seniors.

2020-08-04T14:46:18.422Z


The alma mater was suspected to respond to the strike by throwing petrol bombs and exploding glass at the campus, and 4 youths were arrested. Leung Chik Wai Memorial Middle School, Lok Sin Tong, Cheung Hong Village, Tsing Yi, was blown glass and thrown at flammable objects in May and July this year. Nearly a month later, the police arrested 4 young people involved in the case. They were between 16 and 24 years old. They were 3 Form 4 students and 1 graduate. The police estimated that someone sabotaged campus facilities in an attempt to force students to fail to return to school.


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Written by: Shao Peilin, Deng Bailiang, Huang Weimin, Zhen Yiheng

2020-08-04 14:59

Last update date: 2020-08-04 22:41

The alma mater was suspected to respond to the strike by throwing petrol bombs and exploding glass at the campus, and 4 youths were arrested. Leung Chik Wai Memorial Middle School, Lok Sin Tong, Cheung Hong Village, Tsing Yi, was blown glass and thrown at flammable objects in May and July this year. Nearly a month later, the police arrested 4 young people involved in the case. They were between 16 and 24 years old. They were 3 Form 4 students and 1 graduate. The police estimated that someone sabotaged campus facilities in an attempt to force students to fail to return to school.

Kwai Tsing Assistant Commander (Criminal) Superintendent Lam Chi Yuen stated that the police arrested 4 young people involved in the case. They were between 16 and 24 years old. They were 3 secondary school students and 1 graduate. (Photo by Deng Boliang)

Nearly a month after the incident, the police arrested four young people involved in the case. They were arrested on suspicion of arson and criminal damage. (Photo by Deng Boliang)

Kwai Tsing Assistant Commander (Criminal) Superintendent Lam Chi Yuen said that at about 11 pm on May 25 this year, two men broke the glass of the front entrance of Leong Chik Wai Memorial Middle School, Lok Sin Tong, Cheung Hong Village, Tsing Yi with telescopic sticks. Escape immediately after success.

At about 1:00 a.m. on July 24, two more men threw incendiary bombs and gas-oil bombs at the middle school. They put the white electric oil on the front entrance, and then threw the fire to the front entrance from a distance. At that time, the police seized LPG tanks for hot pot and glass bottles of suspected gas bombs that had appeared at the demonstration site outside the school.

Police detained 3 men including 2 students and 1 graduate

About a month later, the police arrested three local men, aged between 16 and 23, for arson, criminal damage and possession of offensive weapons. The 23-year-old man has been released on bail pending further investigation and reported to the police in late August. The other two arrested persons are now being detained for investigation. The case is being followed up by the Kwai Tsing District Crime Squad.

It is understood that two of the arrested men are students of Form 4 students of Leong Chik Wai Memorial High School in Lok Sin Tong, 16 and 18 years old this year; and the other 23-year-old male suspect is a graduate of the school and reported unemployed. According to sources, the 23-year-old man arrested appeared at the scene on the night when the petrol bomb was dumped at the school, and he took a picture of the fire and uploaded it to the Internet, saying that he was just "passing by", "it doesn't matter to me," etc. The footage was later on It was circulated in the school that after police investigation, he was believed to be related to the case and arrested him. In addition, the 18-year-old arrested Secondary Four student also played the role of "watching the water", and also filmed a short film at the scene. Another 16-year-old Form 4 boy was suspected of throwing petrol bombs.

After investigation by the police, it was believed that some radicals hoped that the school would respond to the strike, so they committed acts of sabotage to the school and prevented the students from returning to school.

The school-sponsoring group Kowloon Lok Sin Tong stated that regarding the case where a petrol bomb was thrown at the Leung Chik Wai Memorial Middle School of Lok Sin Tong, it is inconvenient to disclose relevant information because the case has been investigated by the police.

The incident occurred on July 24 this year at Leshan Chik Wai Memorial Middle School, Lok Sin Tong, Changkang Village, Tsing Yi. Flammable objects were thrown at the main entrance of the school. There was an explosion and fire at the scene, and the wall was severely blackened. Police later seized white electric oil cans, beer bottles and small LPG tanks at the scene. Also in May, 8 glass doors of the school were destroyed.

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