13. At some time after 9:00 a.m. on 27 October 2009, by arrangement, he met Jacky Ma at a footbridge near Wanchai MTR Station. Then, the two of them went to a park next to a hotel, opposite the District Court, where Jacky Ma introduced him to Tang Chong Hou and the applicant, as the men who would carry out the attack on Billy Kay’s instructions. The applicant said that he was called ‘Ah Wai.’ After Jacky Ma had walked aside, he took the two men to a flower bed where he pointed out a bag, from which Tang Chong Hou took out a bottle from which he poured out some of the contents. Smoke was seen to rise. Then, he poured some of the liquid to a paper cup. Thereafter, the four men sat separately, but in the same immediate vicinity. At about 1:00 p.m., Mr Mitchell emerged from the District Court Building, followed by Lai Kwok Leung. The latter stopped next to them and confirmed that Mr Mitchell was the target. Tang Chong Hou went out to Mr Mitchell and threw the contents of the paper cup onto his face, after which he ran off. He saw the applicant walk up to Mr Mitchell, but he did not see what he did. For his part, he boarded a taxi with Jacky Ma and Lai Kwok Leung and left the scene of the attack.
14. Jacky Ma testified that on 23 October 2009 he had agreed to a request made of him by telephone by Billy Ma to recruit someone to attack a male expatriate with a liquid at the District Court for a reward of $30,000. As a result, he recruited Tang Chong Hou to the enterprise. It was agreed that they would meet Billy Kay at Wanchai MTR Station at 8:00 a.m. on 27 October 2009. At about 5:00 a.m. that morning Jacky Ma visited Tang Chong Hou’s home in Kwai Fong, where Tang Chong Hou told him that the applicant, who was also present and who was known to
