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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.
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]
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.
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 ...
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.
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Wo Hop To, or WHT (Chinese: 和合圖; Jyutping: wo 4 hap 6 tou 4), is a triad group based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.The name translates to "Harmoniously United Association", or "Harmonious Union Plan", and is thought to have been founded in 1908 in Sai Ying Pun as a secret political organisation in opposition to the Qing dynasty.