Acquitted bomb plot suspect among 5 arrested in Hong Kong over rioting, sedition

Police say two men, three women arrested on offences linked to 2019 protests, with source naming one as 32-year-old Ng Tsz-lok

Reading Time:2 minutes

Riot police fire tear gas in Causeway Bay during the anti-government demonstrations. Photo: Sam Tsang

Published: 6:36pm, 29 Oct 2025Updated: 11:35pm, 29 Oct 2025

Hong Kong police have arrested five people for alleged rioting and sedition offences linked to the 2019 anti-government protests, with the Post learning that one of them is a recently acquitted defendant in a high-profile bomb plot case.

Superintendent Simon Cheung Pak-kit of the force’s National Security Department said on Wednesday that officers arrested two men and three women in Kowloon Bay and the New Territories the previous day.

Officers also seized HK$250,000 (US$32,200) suspected to be linked to the case, he said.

“We emphasise that this case is independent from other old cases, and that it is established from new evidence,” Cheung said.

A source said that one of the suspects was Ng Tsz-lok, 32, who was acquitted last month of conspiracy to bomb prescribed objects. The 163-day trial focused on plots to trigger explosions at three public locations in an attempt to coerce the government into closing all city borders during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Superintendent Simon Cheung says officers arrested two men and three women. Photo: Handout

A jury found three out of the eight defendants guilty of conspiracy to cause an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property, with the court handing down jail sentences of up to 18 years.

Select Voice

Choose your listening speed

Get through articles 2x faster

1.25x

250 WPM

Slow

Average

Fast

00:0000:00

1.25x