‘Furious’ Hong Kong police plan crackdown on triads after shots fired in gangster ambush near nightlife district
- Force insider says police top brass ‘furious’ over gang skirmish in Central, with investigation pointing to dispute between Sun Yee On and Wo Shing Wo triad groups
- Police to make show of force, crack down hard on triad-controlled entertainment venues and gambling dens across Hong Kong Island, source adds
“Furious” police top brass will spare no effort to track down gangsters who used a handgun and machetes in a predawn skirmish near a popular Hong Kong entertainment district, a force insider has revealed.
A senior officer told the Post that police would raid several triad-controlled entertainment venues and gambling dens across Hong Kong Island on Friday night in a show of force against the gangs involved in the incident, in which two shots were fired and three men injured near Lan Kwai Fong.
“The force’s management is furious over the clash between the two triad gangs who disregarded law and order,” the source said.
At 2.30am on Friday, a group of at least eight knife-wielding assailants rushed out of two cars in a bungled ambush of three vehicles that stopped at a red light on Wyndham Street near the junction with Glenealy, the force said.
According to the insider, the force’s investigation suggested the knife attack was part of a long-standing dispute between the Sun Yee On and Wo Shing Wo triad gangs resulting from the uneven sharing of profits from illegal enterprises.
A video posted online shows several knifemen jumping out of a Lexus sedan and cornering a white seven-seater car which was among the three vehicles that had halted at a red light.
