Charges dropped against three chiefs of Hong Kong Scout Association accused of hosting banquet that violated social-distancing curbs

Three senior members of the Scout Association of Hong Kong accused of organising a banquet that violated coronavirus-related social-distancing rules last year went free on Tuesday after prosecutors dropped the charges against them.

Without offering an explanation, the prosecution applied to Kowloon City Court to withdraw charges of organising a prohibited group gathering against the association’s former deputy Kowloon regional commissioner Gilbert Yu Woon-wai and deputy programme commissioner Ling Kay-kau.