Ronny Leung Represented the 3rd Defendant in High Court Bombing Trial

In HKSAR v. Ho Cheuk-wai & 7 Others (HCCC 186/2022), Ronny Leung and Ms Denise Or acted for the 3^rd Defendant, who was charged with conspiracy to commit bombing of prescribed objects under section 11B of the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance (Cap. 575) (“UNATMO”) and, as an alternative charge, conspiracy to cause an explosion. This case was one of the first cases brought under the UNATMO to go to trial.

The Defendants were accused of conspiring to commit the bombing of prescribed objects over the course of three bomb plots that were alleged to have taken place between November 2019 and March 2020. The Prosecution’s case was that the alleged plots involved a plan to plant explosives at the Lo Wu Control Point, the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po, and In the vicinity of a car park in Tseung Kwan O.

After an extensive 207-day trial in the High Court before Johnny Chan J (including over 160 days before a jury), the jury acquitted the 3^rd Defendant of all charges.

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