Suspected Hong Kong triad leader survives gangland hit before driving himself to hospital to have bullet removed from chest
- Gunman hunted after 45-year-old targeted just a few hundred metres from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station
- Victim, who is believed to be high-ranking member of Wo Shing Wo triad society, out of danger after emergency surgery
A suspected triad faction leader in Hong Kong who narrowly survived a gangland hit just 300 metres from a police station, and then drove himself to hospital, is said to be out of danger after a bullet was removed during emergency surgery.
The 45-year-old man, surnamed Yim, was shot in the chest at close range early on Tuesday, but is no longer in a life-threatening condition, and the Post has learned he had a lucky escape, with the 9mm bullet hitting a rib near his heart.
According to police sources, he is thought to be a high-ranking member of the Wo Shing Wo triad society, and the leader of the Tsuen Wan faction.
Yim was shot by a man on a motorcycle outside the Victoria Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui shortly after midnight, and a citywide manhunt was under way for the gunman.
Police said the shooting happened when the bike pulled up next to the man’s Mercedes-Benz when it stopped at traffic lights at the junction of Austin Road and Canton Road, about 300 metres from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station.