{"id":1141,"date":"2024-05-15T01:12:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T22:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T01:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T22:12:21","slug":"dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Slaying Brigade \u2018Terrorist\u2019 Gambled Away Cash Meant for Bombs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Innholdsfortegnelse<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs\/#Kill_Police\" title=\"\u2018Kill Police\u2019\">\u2018Kill Police\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs\/#Bomb_Plot_Guilty_Plea\" title=\"Bomb Plot Guilty Plea \">Bomb Plot Guilty Plea <\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs\/#Most_Violent\" title=\"\u2018Most Violent\u2019\">\u2018Most Violent\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>The ringleader of a hardcore faction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hong-kong-jockey-club-suspends-racing-over-threat-of-civil-unrest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors<\/a> gambled away HK$300K (US$38K) that he was supposed to spend on bombs and weapons.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319676\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-319676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-858x571.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Slaying Brigade, Hong Kong protests, Wong Chun-keung\" width=\"858\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-858x571.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-430x286.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-302x200.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-238x158.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-194x128.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">A gas mask-wearing anti-government protestor flings a tear gas canister back at the police during demonstrations in 2019. The Dragon Slaying Brigade was the \u201cmost violent\u201d of protest groups, according to local media. (Image: SCMP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wong Chun-Keung is the former ringleader of the \u201cDragon Slaying Brigade,\u201d which plotted to attack police with firearms and explosive devices at the height of the 2019-20 anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kill_Police\"><\/span><strong>\u2018Kill Police\u2019<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now cooperating with authorities in a bid for a reduced sentence, Wong admitted during a court testimony last week that he raised the HK$300K via a crowdfunding Telegram channel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>He promised donors he would use their money to \u201ckill as many police officers as possible.\u201d The fund would also help him flee to Taiwan once the deed was done, he claimed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But he told the Hong Kong High Court that instead of purchasing weapons, he gambled the money away on soccer to blow off steam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were quite a lot of donations at that time. I used about HK$300,000 of the donations to gamble. For me, it was a way to de-stress,\u201d he said, as reported by <em>The South China Morning Post<\/em>. \u201cIt was indeed not a good approach, but this was what I thought at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bomb_Plot_Guilty_Plea\"><\/span><strong>Bomb Plot Guilty Plea <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In February, Wong pleaded guilty to conspiracy to plant two bombs in Wan Chai, a busy commercial district of Hong Kong, on Dec. 8, 2019. He also admitted one count of conspiracy to provide or collect property to commit terrorist acts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Six male defendants and one female have denied the charges and are on trial in Hong Kong\u2019s High Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wong testified that he was the sole member of the group to have control of the finances and that fellow members of the Dragon Slaying Brigade didn\u2019t know about his gambling habit.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Most_Violent\"><\/span><strong>\u2018Most Violent\u2019<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hong Kong was beset by waves of violent demonstrations in 2019 and 2020. That\u2019s after the pro-Beijing government proposed a bill that would have allowed local authorities to extradite \u201cfugitives\u201d to mainland China without legislative oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors feared the bill would undermine Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy and place critics of mainland China in danger of political retribution from Beijing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>The Dragon Slaying Brigade has been described by local media as \u201cthe most violent\u201d of the groups of protestors. It took its name from its intended target: the specialist riot contingent of the Hong Kong Police Force, known as \u201cthe Raptors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wong said he had a desire to kill police officers but didn\u2019t intend to cause harm to innocent bystanders. He claims he was beaten by police after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Under cross examination, he denied exaggerating the roles of other defendants to receive a lighter sentence for himself.<\/p>\n<p>The trial continues.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/dragon-slaying-brigade-terrorist-gambled-away-cash-meant-for-bombs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Slaying Brigade \u2018Terrorist\u2019 Gambled Away Cash Meant for Bombs<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ringleader of a hardcore faction of Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors gambled away HK$300K (US$38K) that he was supposed to spend on bombs and weapons. A gas mask-wearing anti-government protestor flings a tear gas canister back at the police during demonstrations in 2019. 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