Once the most wanted criminal in Hong Kong, Kwai, 51, is serving a 24-year term for using a firearm to resist arrest, possessing arms and ammunition and possessing explosives. The three accused pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. The mainland police provided great assistance in following his trail all these years," he said.Īsked if the two fugitives also are hiding on the mainland, Man said police are working on all possibilities and there's no evidence showing they are on the mainland.Īlso on Tuesday, the notorious gangster Kwai Ping-hung and two other prison inmates appeared in District Court charged with assaulting Lau in Stanley Prison in an attempt to stop him from testifying against Choi. "Choi was arrested after a lapse of 11 years.
Man also expressed gratitude to mainland police, who captured Choi in 2008.
He urged the public to provide information on their whereabouts, adding that police are offering HK$200,000 for information leading to the capture of each. Man described the role played by the two remaining fugitives in the bombing as "very important". Testimony by Tung Shing-fei, Lee Ka-ho and Lau Ying-tat, three of Choi's accomplices, all of whom are serving jail terms, contradicted Choi's assertion of innocence.Īfter the sentencing Tuesday, superintendent Albert Man Tat-shing of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau said two other men - Chan Wai-leung, known as Mei Mei, and Chan Fok-ching, known as Ah Ching - are still wanted by police. He was eventually captured in Shenzhen in late 2008.ĭuring the trial, Choi denied any role in planning the attack, saying he acted only as a lookout. Choi, nicknamed "Sheung Dae", which means "God", hid in Cheung Chau and Sha Tin for about six months before fleeing to the mainland. None of the bouncers at whom the attack was directed was hurt. However, we cannot guarantee availability of any other Karaoke Room other than the one that. The resultant fire left 17 dead and 13 injured. If your number of guests increase, you may be able to change rooms. Three fire bombs were thrown into the bar early in the morning of January 25. Choi and his companions, fellow members of Sun Yee On Triad, had an altercation with bouncers at the bar, during which Choi was injured. The court had heard earlier that Choi, then 21, visited Top One Karaoke Box on Prat Avenue in Tsim Sha Tsui on January 20, 1997. In handing down sentence, presiding judge Andrew Macrae said the attack obviously had stemmed from Choi's quarrel with others and that he should take responsibility for the tragedy. Triad member, 34, sentenced for retaliatory firebomb attack that killed 17Ī triad member responsible for a firebomb attack that killed 17 people at a karaoke bar in 1997 was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Court of First Instance Tuesday.Ĭhoi Kam-fai, 34, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of murder, in a five-to-two vote Monday.
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