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Sun Yee On was allegedly taken over by his eldest son Heung Wah-yim, who ostensibly worked as a law clerk. [4] The triad is also noted as being founded by "Teochew and Hokkien immigrants" to Hong Kong. [6] Map of countries with branches or operations of the Sun Yee On Triad reported by law enforcement or in the news.
Sun Yee On 新義安(老新) ... Beyond Social Capital: Triad Organized Crime in Hong Kong and China. British Journal of Criminology, 50(5), 851-872. Wang, Peng. "The ...
The Sun Yee On, led by chairman ‘Uncle Po’, is an influential Triad organization which, like its Hong Kong affiliates, is a highly organized criminal syndicate involved in white-collar crime as well as owning legitimate businesses [citation needed], specifically in the entertainment industry [citation needed] a key red pole ‘Teflon’ Dyl ...
There were four main groups of triads—the Chiu Chow Group (including Sun Yee On), 14K, the Wo Group (including Wo Shing Wo), and the Sze Tai (Luen Group, Tan Yee, Macau Chai, Tung Group), the Big Four in Chinese—operating in Hong Kong. [26] They divided land by ethnic group and geographic locations, with each triad in charge of a region.
Heung's father, Heung Chin , founded the Sun Yee On in 1919. Charles is the tenth of the Sun Yee On founder's thirteen children. [1] Heung Chin's eldest son, Heung Wah-yim, was convicted in 1988 of being the triad's boss, although his conviction in Hong Kong was overturned on a technicality.
The 14K (十四K sap sei kei, [sap̚sɛjkɛj]) is a triad group based in Hong Kong but active internationally. It is the second largest triad group in the world with around 20,000 members split into thirty subgroups. They are the main rival of the Sun Yee On, which is the largest triad. [7]
Beginning in the 1950s, triad groups such as the 14K and Sun Yee On gained a stranglehold on the walled city's numerous brothels, gaming parlours, and opium dens. The walled city had become such a haven for criminals that police would venture into it only in large groups. [ 1 ]
His father, Heung Chin , founded the Sun Yee On in 1919. [ 2 ] The two became partners in the formation of Win's Entertainment Ltd. , however the partnership ended in 1992, as Charles felt that Jimmy's style of negotiating business too closely resembled that of a triad member.