Police ready for major crackdown on triad gang ahead of Chinese state leader’s visit to Hong Kong
Force targets Sun Yee On triad members, warning “they will pay the price”, as the city gets ready to host Zhang Dejiang
Police are set to mount a major crackdown on one of Hong Kong’s most powerful triad societies ahead of a visit by the state leader overseeing the city’s affairs, the Post has learned.
The citywide operation, coordinated by the force’s elite Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, will target the notorious Sun Yee On triad organisation amid a spate of gang violence and revenge attacks between its Tsim Sha Tsui and Kwun Tong factions, according to police sources.
“Intelligence indicates that other [Sun Yee On] factions in different districts have taken sides and their moves have led to confrontation and attacks within the triad society,” one source said.
The police crackdown will be launched across the city later this week, just days before Zhang Dejiang, the head of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, arrives in Hong Kong next Tuesday for a three-day visit.
The Post was told that police did not want to see any trouble or violence among triad gangs during Zhang’s visit.