Hong Kong police round up 31 suspected triad members after fighting between rival factions over staring at girlfriends
The trouble within Wo Shing Wo erupted about 10 days ago in Tin Shui Wai
More than 10 students were among 31 suspected triad members who were arrested by police over the weekend after fights between two factions of Wo Shing Wo triad society broke out in Hong Kong about 10 days ago.
The youths, including a 12-year-old boy of Pakistani origin, were either secondary students or tertiary students, according to police sources.
Intelligence showed that the youths were among the 31 suspects who gathered at a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai “before going to launch a revenge attack against their rival gang in the district”, a source with knowledge of the attack said.
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Anti-triad officers from Yuen Long district police picked up the 31 males aged from 12 to 32 at Tin Wah Estate in Tin Shui Wai shortly before midnight on Saturday. Seven of them, who were of Pakistani origin, were caught on board a delivery van parked nearby.
On board the vehicle, officers seized four knuckledusters, four cricket bats and two baseball bats.
Police arrested the 31 suspects for unlawful assembly or possession of offensive weapons.
As of the early hours of Monday, they were still being held for questioning and none of them had been charged.