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Ho Wai-Kam who testified against a Chinese national in prison for plotting to shoot former Hong Kong Democratic Party Chairman Martin Lee, was today jailed for 3 years in the possession of a firearm without a license.
Ho, with a pistol and ammunition from the mainland China in Hong Kong and up to them to Nanhua Huang, Deputy High Court Judge Peter Line said today in court. Ho cooperation and testimony against Huang was considered, with the offense with a possible 12-year prison term, said Line.
Huang, convicted on a charge of "carrying arms and ammunition with intent to commit an arrestable offense," was 16 years in prison by a seven-member jury 3rd July. It was in August with a homemade pistol, ammunition, and the addresses of Lee's office and favorite restaurants. He was also with a photo and address of Jimmy Lai, a friend of Lee.
Lee and Lai is known for his criticism of the Chinese government and the ruling Communist Party of attitude towards the year 1989 against the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. Both have said they were not aware of why someone would act against them.
Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates and lawyer Albert Ho suffered a broken nose and detached retina after the attack in August 2006 by three men who batons and baseball bats. In 2002, two people died in separate execution-style murders in Hong Kong, one of the murder, as he ate breakfast in the town of Luk Yu Teahouse.
The case is Hong Kong Special Administrative Region v. Ho Wai-Kam, HCCC11/2009, Hong Kong Court of First Instance. |
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