Two Hong Kong men jailed for more than 16 years over a conspiracy to carry out bomb plot attacks have applied to appeal against their conviction and sentence.
Lee Ka-pan and Cheung Ka-chun submitted their appeal bid on Monday, court news outlet The Witness reported.
The two men were sentenced to 16 years and eight months in late October, weeks after being convicted of conspiring to carry out three bomb attacks in the wake of the protests and unrest in 2019.
Another defendant, Lukas Ho, described by the judge as the “mastermind,” was jailed for 18 years.
According to the prosecution, the plans involved planting bombs at Caritas Medical Centre, a public hospital in Sham Shui Po; in a train carriage in Lo Wu MTR station; and near a car park in Tseung Kwan O, where a student fell to his death amid a clash between police and protesters in November 2019.
The court previously heard that the trio resented the police and authorities.
The three were among seven defendants charged with conspiring to commit bombing of prescribed objects under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance. The law was enacted in 2002 in line with a binding UN Security Council resolution to implement counter-terrorism measures following the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US.
If convicted, they would have faced life imprisonment.
All seven were found not guilty by a jury after a 163-day trial. They also faced an alternative, lesser charge of conspiring to cause an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property under the Crimes Ordinance.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars. Lee, Cheung and Ho were convicted of the lesser charge.
