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HONG KONG, Oct 11 (SCMP): A former senior leader of a Hong Kong triad society has been arrested in connection with a gang attack on a faction chief, who survived the close-range shooting in Tsim Sha Tsui on last month after driving himself to the hospital.
The 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Chan, is a former number one head of the Wo Shing Wo triad society and goes by the nickname “ETB” in underworld circles.
A police spokesman said officers arrested Chan Thursday for conspiracy to murder.
“He has been released on bail pending further investigation and is due to report to police in early November,” a statement from the force said Saturday, adding that the Kowloon West regional crime squad was investigating.
A police informant said the force was still pursuing the gunman, whom Chan was suspected of hiring for a revenge attack related to a currency dispute related to a meat smuggling scam.
Last month, Wo Shing Wo’s Tsuen Wan faction leader was shot in the chest by a hitman on a motorcycle outside the Victoria Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui shortly after midnight.
The 45-year-old victim, surnamed Yim, managed to drive 1 km to the accident and emergency department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei.
“The dispute centers on an alleged frozen meat smuggling business run by Yim in oceanfront ship loading areas. Yim occupied some of Chan’s areas. Chan then asked for more money, but Yim refused, ”said the source.
Yim is also known as “Tsz Sin Yung”, or “Crazy Yung” and is suspected of having the rank of “red pole fighter”, making him a top member of the triad serving as an enforcer.
Police previously said the shooting occurred when the bicycle stopped next to Yim’s Mercedes-Benz when it stopped at the traffic light at the intersection of Austin Road and Canton Road, about 300 meters from the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station.
The hit man, wearing a white helmet, left his bicycle, walked a short distance and fired a shot that went through the car’s left front window and hit the victim’s torso near his armpit.
The victim immediately went to the hospital. During his escape, his car collided with three taxis on Jordan Road, but no one was injured.
The attacker, who was wearing blue jeans and a dark-colored long-sleeved shirt, sped up after the hit, which police said “only took a few seconds.”
Officers wearing bulletproof vests and carrying shotguns then searched the area and found a spent shell casing at the scene. – South China Morning Mail
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