Alleged triad gangster ‘Shanghai Boy’ returned to Hong Kong after contracting Covid-19 abroad, source says

Kwok Wing-hung, wanted over conspiracy to wound and other offences, was detained on Sunday upon arriving in the city after two years as a fugitive

He claims he came back to Hong Kong after becoming infected with the coronavirus and did not want to die in Europe, insider says

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‘Shanghai Boy’ was arrested after police received intelligence he was coming back to Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Published: 4:25pm, 24 Nov 2020Updated: 11:39pm, 24 Nov 2020

Alleged Hong Kong gangster “Shanghai Boy” Kwok Wing-hung returned to the city because he did not want to “die in Europe” after recovering from the coronavirus, the Post has learned.

Kwok, 62, was granted police bail on Tuesday, following his arrest at the weekend after two years on the run. He will have to quarantine in a hotel at his own expense for the next 12 days under Covid-19 rules, according to a force insider.

He contracted the virus while overseas and recovered before coming back to Hong Kong, the source quoted him as saying.

“He claimed that he decided to return to Hong Kong because the pandemic situation in Europe is still severe and he is not young and does not want to die abroad,” the insider said.

Kwok – who was said to have led the Wo Shing Wo triad society from 1998 to 2000 – was taken into custody at the airport upon arriving on a flight from Bangkok on Sunday.

Officers had been expecting him after receiving intelligence about his return, another source said.

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