- Wo Hop To
Wo Hop To (和合桃) is Triad group based in
Wanchai ,Hong Kong . They are one of the "Four Major Gangs" (四大黑幫) of Hong Kong, the others beingWo Shing Wo , 14K andSun Yee On . Wo Hop To specializes in protection rackets and is affiliated with theSun Yee On (新義安) Triad. [cite web |url=http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/triads.php |title=Triads |author=Nepstad, Peter |publisher=The Illuminated Lantern |date=2001-03-15]During the early 90's, Wo Hop To expanded into
San Francisco ,United States . The US Wo Hop To was led byPeter Chong (莊炳強)also known as Uncle Chong and Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow (周國祥) who was a formerHop Sing Boys gang member. The Wo Hop To wanted to control all the Asian gangs inSan Francisco . Wo Hop To chased theWah Ching gang out of theBay Area and theWah Ching headed toSouthern California . The Wah Ching was the only surviving Chinatown gang during the 1980s. The Hop Sing Boys and Jackson Street boys was some of many gangs that wear dismantle by police after the"Golden Dragon Massacre" So even though the Wo Hop to had taken over Chinatown after killing the Wah Chings leader Danny Wong. The Wah Ching managed to be one of the only surviving Gang to make it out of Chinatown to LA where they had been heavily established already.References
External links
* [http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-08-01/news/enter-the-dragon-head/full SF Weekly Feature Article Profiling Member of Hop Sing Tong -- Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow (2007)]
*http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2000-06-14/news/feature_full.html - Information on Wo Hop Sing in the US.
*http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/triads.php
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