The two defendants were accused of planning the illegal boat journey under the guise of holding a junk party at sea after learning that an individual named “Alex” was urgently seeking to leave Hong Kong without being intercepted by authorities.
The court heard the pair had discussed over the phone with a Macau resident identified as “Ivy”, who was not charged in the present case, about a boat rental request she had made on behalf of her “friend” Alex.
Pun maintained she did not realise she was assisting Choi’s ex-husband as she initially thought Alex was the boyfriend of an influencer who had previously been attacked on the street.
Her counsel argued she had no intention to get involved once she sensed something was wrong and expressed doubts after the proposed rental fee had gone up from HK$30,000 (US$8,320) to HK$300,000.
