Three defendants receive prison sentences of up to 18 years for plots that occurred in 2019 and 2020.
Posted on October 27, 2025
A Hong Kong court sentenced three people to prison terms of up to 18 years for three bomb plots in 2019 and 2020.
Lukas Ho, 41, received an 18-year sentence on Monday, with Judge Johnny Chan saying he had an “inflated ego” and showed no remorse, posing a “risk to public safety”.
Chan said Ho was the mastermind, showed no remorse and had no grounds for a reduced sentence. Lee and Cheung, he said, were first-time offenders and were each given a four-month reduction.
“The court must provide sufficient deterrence, so the defendant's need for rehabilitation is less important than the previous point,” Chan said.
“Furthermore, if the remorse is limited or superficial, there is no way to talk about rehabilitation and correction.”
Ho's co-defendants, Lee Ka-pan and Cheung Ka-Chun, each received prison sentences of 16 years and eight months.
The three men remained impassive during the sentencing and smiled at friends and family in the public gallery as guards led them away.
The trio were part of a group charged in connection with a homemade bomb that exploded in a hospital bathroom in January 2020 and explosive devices found at a train station the following month.
The two incidents caused no casualties.
The court previously heard that the plot was part of an attempt to force authorities to close Hong Kong's borders in the early days of the pandemic, when the coronavirus was spreading in neighboring mainland China.
A jury acquitted five other people in the same case last month.
