Who Is “Shrimp Boy” Chow?
(Conspiracy
Nation, 09/19/07) -- Raymond
"Shrimp Boy" Chow (image, left) is mighty proud of the
Certificate Of Honor he received last year from the City of San
Francisco. But this “Shrimp Boy” is connected with Norman
Hsu, who reportedly goes to court today prior to extradition to
California. Hsu (pronounced Shoo) funneled hundreds of thousands of
dollars to some politicians, especially Hillary Clinton. And
Chow is a person of note in the Hsu affair.
“Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown,” an associate tells Jake Gittes in the 1974 film. The Hsu money connections are byzantine, like a Chinese box. The threads lead to the murder of fervent anti-Communist Allen Leung, Chinese Freemasonry, a vicious Tong war, and the People's Republic of China.
In “Puzzle Pieces Of Norman Hsu” (http://www.shout.net/~bigred/Hsu2.html), Conspiracy Nation assembled elusive details. Norman Hsu, apparently a “bundler”, was recently apprehended in Colorado. In August 1990, Hsu may have been kidnapped by Chow. Mr. Hsu claimed he had been assaulted several times and threatened. A lot of money was involved. At that time, “Shrimp Boy” Chow was notorious as a gangster. Chow says he has “gone clean” since those days.
Background
Allen Leung, called “Dragon Head,” was a top Tong leader. In the late 1970s, Leung joined both the Hop Sing tong and the Chinese Freemasons. Leung was aligned with the Taiwan faction. A younger, Red Chinese faction seems to have slowly infiltrated Chinatown. The Hop Sing tong began to be “torn by violence.” (“A Killing In Chinatown,” by Jaxon Van Derbeken and Vanessa Hua. San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 2006)
In 1977, the younger faction brazenly opened fire inside a restaurant owned by the Hop Sing tong. In the carnage, occuring only two blocks from Hop Sing HQ, five innocent patrons were killed. (A 1985 movie, “Year Of The Dragon,” starring Mickey Rourke, depicts such gang warfare in New York's Chinatown.)
In 1976, Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow had arrived in the United States. He soon joined the Hop Sing tong. In 2002, Chow reportedly stated, “I owned the gang. ... All those people who were walking the streets of the Bay Area, all of them were controlled by me.” (“A Killing In Chinatown,” op. cit.)
Chow's 2002 statement is a reminiscence of earlier times, before he had “gone clean.” In 1992, “Shrimp Boy” had been indicted, tried, and sentenced to a lengthy term. Also indicted had been Peter Chong. But Chong fled to Hong Kong. In 2001, it appears Chow cut a deal: he would testify against Peter Chong in return for a reduction of sentence. “Shrimp Boy” was released from prison in 2003. (“A Killing In Chinatown,” op. cit.)
Nationally, a struggle for supremacy between a New York tong and the San Francisco tong erupted in 2002. Pang Woon Ng (New York) proclaimed himself leader of Chinese Freemasons. San Francisco leaders disputed Ng's claim. (Ibid.)
In San Francisco, it had become widely known that “the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has started a large-scale consolidation of the CCP's interests in San Francisco through bribery and infiltration of the overseas Chinese organizations.” (“Murder of Chinatown Leader a 'Complicated Case'”, by Li Tu. http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2845.html)
A commonality to all reports on these matters invariably is some reference to a Chinese Wall of Silence encountered by investigators. People are unwilling, or afraid, to talk.
Murder In Chinatown
On February 27, 2006, Allen Leung was shot dead inside his import-export business, Wonkow International Enterprises. The pro-CCP (Chinese Communist Party) media suggested gang wars as the cause. Opposition Chinese media blamed Leung's death on Communists. One Chinese leader, afraid to speak openly, confided, “At present, Singtao Daily, the China Press, and Mingpao Daily reported that the murder was caused by infighting between gangs. Don't believe them.” San Francisco Police Department spokeswoman Maria Oropeza reportedly stated, “It wasn't a random act. It appears this victim was an intended target and that this was not a robbery.” (“Murder of Chinatown Leader a 'Complicated Case'”, op. cit.)
Leung, the head of Chinese Freemasons of The World, shot dead under suspicious circumstances. Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, released from prison in 2003, has “gone clean.” Chow had been in the front seat of the car the day that Norman Hsu said he was being kidnapped by Chinese gang members. And where did Hsu's vast fortune in campaign contributions originate? From some aging hippie in New York? All of it??
“Leung’s murder remains unsolved. So far, there have been no arrests. The police and the majority of the Chinese-American community leaders in Chinatown have been tight-lipped about this case. Those that do speak out have for the most part asked to remain anonymous.” (“Funeral For Slain Chinatown Leader Allen Leung,” CBS, March 18, 2006. http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_077160313.html)
The Mainstream Media (MSM) is tip-toeing around the Norman Hsu case, as if afraid to awaken a “sleeping giant.” Instead, they bring us endless “silly news.” What are the secrets of Norman Hsu? What makes him so nervous? Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, an associate of democratic donor Norman Hsu, says he turned his life around after his bust for running a child prostitution ring and dealing heroin. (“Chinese Gangster 'Shrimp Boy' Chow Comes Clean on Hsu,” September 9, 2007. http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/09/chinese-gang-leader-raymond-shrimp-boy.html). And Chow, God bless him, maybe has “gone clean.” But is he also, like other knowledgeable Chinese, afraid to talk? What are the secrets of Norman Hsu?
Don't ask. This is Chinatown.
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