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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.
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]
The organization is made up of members of five different triads: 14K, Bamboo Union, Big Circle Boys, Sun Yee On and Wo Shing Wo. Sam Gor is understood to be headed by Chinese–Canadian Tse Chi Lop, who was arrested in January 2021 in the Netherlands. [1] The syndicate is primarily involved in drug trafficking, earning at least $8 billion per year.
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.
A triad (traditional Chinese: 三合會; simplified Chinese: 三合会; Jyutping: saam1 hap6 wui6; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi; pinyin: sān hé huì) is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.
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 ...
'Water Room Gang'), also known as the Wo On Lok (WOL), is one of the main Triad groups in Southern China, operating especially in Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese communities abroad. Today it is one of Hong Kong's most active triad groups, along with Sun Yee On , 14K and the "Wo" family of triads, especially the Wo Shing Wo .
Charles Heung Wah-keung (Chinese: 向華強) is a Hong Kong actor-turned-film producer and presenter.As founder of Win's Entertainment in the 1980s and China Star Entertainment Group in the 1990s, he has helped establish the careers of various cinematic icons in Hong Kong that include Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Johnnie To, Jet Li and Andy Lau, among countless others.