We will not tolerate their challenge and such midnight violence ... They have to pay the price, says Kowloon West senior superintendent
Triads have declared war on police and the force would make them 'pay the price', a Kowloon West police chief said yesterday after a third consecutive night of raids on triad activities.
'They have declared a war on us. We will not tolerate their challenge and such midnight violence. We have to take action against them,' Senior Superintendent Edward Leung Ka-ming told the South China Morning Post.
'We want to send a very strong message to triad groups that they have to pay the price for openly challenging police authority.'
Officers would show 'zero tolerance' towards triads after recent shows of strength by the criminals and would continue daily raids on triad-controlled businesses across the Kowloon West region.
Police would target illegal activities such as vice, drug trafficking, gambling and the sale of illicit goods to thwart traditional triad income sources, Mr Leung said.