Former Hong Kong triad boss arrested over hit on faction leader in ‘meat smuggling business dispute’


HONG KONG, Oct 11 (SCMP): A former top leader of a Hong Kong triad society has been arrested in connection with a gangland hit on a faction chief, who survived the close-range shooting in Tsim Sha Tsui last month after driving himself to hospital.

The 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Chan, is a former No 1 boss of the Wo Shing Wo triad society and goes by the nickname “ETB” in underworld circles.

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