3 suspects arrested over military drills appear in court on subversion charges
Wong Kit-lun, Tang Ngai-pok and Chan Hiu-chun charged with conspiracy to subvert state power
Hong Kong police have brought more defendants to court from the city’s first arrests over alleged illegal drills, charging three men with conspiracy to subvert state power.
Wong Kit-lun, 20, Tang Ngai-pok, 23, and Chan Hiu-chun, 23, appeared at West Kowloon Court on Thursday after each being charged with one count of conspiracy to commit subversion under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Wong received an additional charge of possessing child pornography.
A police spokesman said the three men were among 10 people arrested last December for suspected involvement in military-style combat training, prohibited by the domestic Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.
“Investigation revealed that a syndicate conducted firearms drills, knife techniques and martial arts combat in a unit of an industrial building in Kowloon, and conspired, organised, planned, carried out or participated in acts aimed at subverting state power by means of force or threat of force,” the spokesman said.
According to a court document seen by the South China Morning Post, Wong was accused of possessing six photos and five videos containing child pornography on his mobile phone when arrested at an industrial unit in San Po Kong in Wong Tai Sin on December 11 last year.