Chow came to the United States with his parents at the age of 17, and dropped out of high school after approximately one month : 29 when he became involved with the Hop Sing Tong gang. After joining the gang, he intervened in a fight involving his gang mentor by striking his mentor's opponent on the head with a knife, becoming a gang hero in the process. On the program Gangland, Chow said he first joined a gang in his native Hong Kong when he was nine years old. The family moved into a single room shack for a year, until it burned down. His father owned a barbershop, but lost his business to gambling debts when Chow was eight. : 28 His nickname "Shrimp Boy" ( 蝦仔 haa1 zai2) was reportedly bestowed by his grandmother, due to his small stature. He is of Taishanese descent, and had three brothers: two older and one younger. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 20 years.Ĭhow was born on December 31, 1959, in Hong Kong, then a British colony. On January 8, 2016, Chow was found guilty on all 162 charges, including one count of murder. Chow is the only co-defendant of 29 to publicly profess his innocence and ask for an expedited jury trial. Chow was indicted in a racketeering conspiracy which alleged that he oversaw a criminal faction of the Ghee Kung Tong. Despite initial press releases, Chow was not indicted in a racketeering conspiracy with Leland Yee. Leland Yee pleaded guilty to racketeering in July 2015 for conspiring with his campaign fundraiser to defeat donation limits through money laundering. In 2014, Chow along with 28 other defendants including former California State Senator Leland Yee, were indicted for racketeering, money laundering, and a host of other alleged criminal activities. In 2006, Chow became the leader of the Ghee Kung Tong (CKT), a Chinese fraternal association based in San Francisco, California. Raymond Kwok-Cheung Chow ( Chinese: 周國祥 Jyutping: zau1 gwok3 coeng4 born December 31, 1959), nicknamed " Shrimp Boy", is a Hong Kong-born felon with ties to a San Francisco Chinatown street gang and an organized crime syndicate, including the American branch of the Hong Kong-based triad Wo Hop To and the Hop Sing Boys. The Wo Hop To controlled Chinatown illegal activities after killing the Wah Ching leader Danny Wong.Murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, aggravated assault, illegal possession of firearms, racketeering. The Hop Sing Boys and Joe Boys were dismantled by police after the Golden Dragon massacre. The Wah Ching was the only surviving Chinatown gang during the 1980s. Wo Hop To chased the Wah Ching gang out of the Bay Area and the Wah Ching headed to Southern California. The Wo Hop To had plans to control all the Asian gangs in San Francisco and, from there, to branch out into drug distribution nationwide. Wo Hop To was led by Peter Chong (also known as "Uncle Chong") and Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, a former Hop Sing Boys gang member. Activity in the United States ĭuring the early 1990s, Wo Hop To expanded into the United States, beginning in San Francisco. Wo Hop To specialises in protection rackets and is affiliated with the Sun Yee On triad. They are one of the Four Major Gangs (四大黑幫) of Hong Kong, the others being Wo Shing Wo, 14K and Sun Yee On. 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. 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.
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