A technician was jailed for 20 months after being arrested in January 2020 for manufacturing explosives at a village house in Sheung Shui during the social unrest. The technician was among 12 Hong Kong fugitives arrested in mainland Chinese waters after a failed bid to flee to Taiwan in 2020 to escape prosecution for their roles in protests. It was understood that Wong had admitted to police that he spent a few weeks between December 2019 and January 2020 making explosives. He later disposed of the explosives by burying them in his own backyard in Sha Tau Kok. Yiu set the sentence starting point at two and a half years but gave Wong a 10-month discount because of his guilty plea.

Source: The Standard May 12, 2022 13:22 UTC