The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city’s first case brought under an anti-terrorism law.

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Hong Kong protest bomb plot mastermind jailed for nearly 24 years

A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the mastermind of a failed bomb plot during anti-government protests in December 2019 to nearly 24 years in jail.

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Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the mastermind of a failed bomb plot during anti-government protests in December 2019 to nearly 24 years in jail

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The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city's first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law.

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Court sentences Ng Chi-hung to 23 years and 10 months behind bars, while ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ leader Wong Chun-keung gets 13½ years.

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Hong Kong mastermind of bomb plot targeting police jailed for nearly 24 years

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's high court on Thursday (Nov 14) sentenced a man to 23 years and 10 months in prison for being the mastermind of an alleged plot to attack police with explosives during the city's anti-China protests in 2019. The man, Ng Chi-hung, 28, had been charged for "prohibitions against bombing

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The long jail term came amid a protracted national security clampdown by China in the global financial hub.

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Another defendant sentenced to 13 years and 6 months imprisonment

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Hong Kong man jailed nearly 24 years for alleged bomb plot

HONG KONG, Nov 14 — Seven Hong Kong men involved in a thwarted 2019 bomb plot to murder police officers were jailed on Thursday, with the plan’s “mastermind” receiving a sentence of almost 24 years. Prosecutors said the men intended to lure officers into an ambush by ransacking shops during a pro-democracy rally, before detonating bombs and shooting them. Ng Chi-hung, a 28-year-old former engineer, was given a total of 23 years and 10 months ove…

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Hong Kong bomb plot ‘mastermind’ gets record 24-year sentence in first use of city’s anti-terrorism law since 2002; longest sentence tied to pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG (AP) — The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city’s first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law.  Ng Chi-hung, who had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the bombing of prescribed objects under the anti-terror law and possession of arms or ammunition with intent to endanger life, was sentenced to 23 years a…

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The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city's first case brought under an anti-terrorism law. Ng Chi-hung, who had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the bombing of prescribed objects under the anti-terror law and possession of arms or ammunition with intent to endanger life, was sentenced to 23 years and 10 months by a Hong Kong cour…

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

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