A college student was arrested for possession of explosives and released on bail more than a month later.
During his return, he asked two visiting middle school classmates to help him delete his account information.
The three were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and other crimes. After trial, the college student and an unemployed former classmate were convicted, and another former classmate was exonerated.
When sentencing today (28th), the judge pointed out that the defendants' behavior was to hinder the police investigation, but accepted that they did not premeditately commit the crime, and finally sentenced the college students involved in the three crimes to 10 months in prison, and the unemployed old classmates were sentenced to 4 months in prison.
One defendant found not guilty after trial
The defendants, Kwong Wai Pong (21 years old, associate degree student) and Huang Junye (21 years old, unemployed).
Convicted of one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, alleging that they reached an agreement at Pik Uk Prison on February 3, 2020, to delete information on two internet accounts and a mobile phone number.
Among them, the remaining two were acquitted, and the other two were convicted. Kwong was sentenced to 10 months in prison, and Huang was sentenced to 4 months in prison.
Another defendant in the same case, Yu Xinyu (21 years old, former assistant to district councillor Huang Guotong), was found not guilty after trial.
Kwong was also charged with 2 counts of possession of explosives, alleging that he possessed the explosives nitrocellulose (i.e. fire sponge) and 10 smoke cakes in a mini warehouse in Shi Cheong, Kwun Tong on December 24, 2019. He was also convicted. guilty.
No premeditated information nor deleted
When sentencing, the judge pointed out that the explosives involved were stored in a sealed mini-storage, and if ignited, they would have a greater impact.
As for the act of conspiracy to obstruct justice, the judge pointed out that more than one person committed the crime in this case, but there was no evidence that the two defendants had premeditated, and the online records were not actually deleted.
Case number: DCCC 286/2021
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