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Hong Kong protests: actor Gregory Wong admits going to Legco was ‘foolish’ amid 2019 social unrest, as he contests rioting charge

  • Movie and television actor, 44, is among six men standing trial on a joint rioting charge over break-in at Legco building by anti-government protesters on July 1 four years ago
  • Wong says he went to vandalised complex that night to deliver two chargers to an unknown reporter covering the incident

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Protesters storm the Legislative Council on July 1, 2019. Photo: Winson Wong
A Hong Kong actor contesting a rioting charge has admitted it was ‘foolish’ of him to insist on going to the Legislative Council after anti-government protesters stormed and trashed the building in mid-2019.
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Gregory Wong Chung-yiu, 44, told West Kowloon Court on Friday that the real reason for his presence in the vandalised complex was to deliver two chargers to an unknown reporter covering the break-in on July 1 four years ago.

“I understand it was a very foolish thing to do, but at the time I was purely thinking about that,” the television and film star said in the witness box.

Wong is among six men standing trial on a joint rioting charge arising from one of the most chaotic chapters of the 2019 social unrest.
Actor Gregory Wong is among those contesting a rioting charge over the break-in at Legco. Photo: Brian Wong
Actor Gregory Wong is among those contesting a rioting charge over the break-in at Legco. Photo: Brian Wong

Seven others, including protest organiser Ventus Lau Wing-hong, 29, and former student leader Althea Suen, 27, pleaded guilty before the trial began in May.

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