Overview
- Franklin Lo Kim-ngai, 63, admitted in Kowloon City Court on January 27 to administering a noxious substance and to attempting the offence.
- The tampering involved Coca-Cola Plus and 7-Up bottles placed in Wellcome and ParknShop stores across Hong Kong between July 21, 2024, and August 6, 2025.
- A nine-year-old boy who drank a contaminated Coca-Cola Plus on July 18, 2025, was treated in hospital and discharged the same day without lasting symptoms.
- The charge falls under Hong Kong’s Offences Against the Person Ordinance, which carries a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment.
- The magistrate rejected Lo’s bail application and adjourned the case to October 21 for further police investigation, according to court reporting.