Bamboo Union

The United Bamboo Gang (Chinese: 竹聯幫; pinyin: Zhūliánbāng) is the largest of Taiwan's three main Triads.[1][2][3] They are reported to have roughly 100,000 members.[1][3][4] The membership consists largely of waishengren (Mainland Chinese) and has close ties to the Kuomintang; they are said to be motivated as much by political ideology as by profit.[5] The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged mob boss and his accomplices Tung Kuei-sen and Wu Tun murdered writer Henry Liu in California in 1984. Chen Chi-li was arrested in Taiwan, tried, and convicted; however, his life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to Cambodia, where he lived until his death.[6] The incident was later portrayed in the 2009 American political thriller film Formosa Betrayed,[7] produced by Will Tiao.[8]

Bamboo Union and Four Seas Gang and Heaven Way Alliance, saying "Taiwan's three main criminal organisations"

Historical leadership

Boss (official and acting)

Rulers (unofficial)

Notable cases

In July 2009, Chinese Bamboo Union hitman Bai Xiao Ye stabbed and slashed a man to death in a Las Vegas, Nevada karaoke bar and wounded two others. In 2013, Bai was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Bai had also been charged with fatally shooting a man and wounding another at a Los Angeles karaoke bar.[9]

Organization

Since the 1950s development, Bamboo Union organization has 80 branches, members and partner relations up to 100,000 people.

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bishop, Mac William (June 4, 2005). "Taiwan's gangs go global". Asia Times. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Simon, Sheldon W. (August 21, 2001). The Many Faces of Asian Security. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 9781461608387.
  3. 1 2 Kaplan, David E.; Dubro, Alec (May 20, 2012). Yakuza. University of California Press. pp. 260–261. ISBN 9780520953819.
  4. ↑ "The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs", Foreign Policy, 2008-05-08, retrieved 2010-04-21
  5. ↑ Chang, Rich (2005-05-08), "Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash", Taipei Times, retrieved 2010-04-21
  6. ↑ O'Neill, Mark (2007-10-24). "King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  7. ↑ Zhao, Xiaojian; Park, Edward J.W. (November 30, 2013). Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842401.
  8. ↑ Adams, Jonathan (February 28, 2010). "Hollywood highlights Taiwan's "White Terror"". Global Post. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lowther, William (March 7, 2013). "US court sentences Bamboo Union gang hitman to life in jail". Taipei Times.

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