TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1991
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130 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN ANTI-TRIAD OPERATIONS SO FAR IN JUNE
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FAR THIS MONTH
POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A TOTAL OF 130 PEOPLE SO IN A SERIES OF ANTI-TRIAD OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
UP
WERE ROUNDED TRIAD-RELATED
WITH ROBBERY SYNDICATES, TRIAD MEMBERS
THESE SUSPECTS, INCLUDING 124 MEN AND SIX WOMEN, IN 11
CONNECTION POLICE
IN OPERATIONS BLACKMAILING, WOUNDING, LOANSHARKING ACTIVITIES, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, ALLEGEDLY FORCING STUDENTS TO JOIN TRIAD SOCIETIES.
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
AND SUSPECTED
WHO WERE ARRESTED IN TWO AT LEAST TWO MEN, AGED 26 AND 51,
NOTORIOUS SEPARATE OPERATIONS, WERE SUSPECTED TO BE OFFICE-BEARERS OF TRIAD GANGS.
THE HUGE NUMBER OF
A ARRESTS,
POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY ΤΟ CRACK DOWN HARD ON
(TUESDAY), DEMONSTRATED THE FORCE'S RESOLVE TRIAD ELEMENTS.
THE ARRESTS WERE MADE BY WHILE THE MAJORITY OF
ANTI-TRIAD NUMBER OF OCCASIONS OFFICERS FOLLOWING LENGTHY INVESTIGATIONS, IN A
MADE THE ARRESTS WERE MADE AT THE SCENE FOLLOWING PROMPT REPORTS WERE TO THE POLICE BY VICTIMS.
FOR THE SPOKESMAN CITED THAT TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED ON THE SPOT
FILM
CREW SHOOTING ON TRYING TO BLACKMAIL A ALLEGEDLY
COMPANY JUNCTION OF PERCIVAL
AND STREET LOCATION OUTSIDE A THEATRE AT THE LEIGHTON ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY ON JUNE 13.
THE FILM COMPANY STAFF, REFUSED TO PAY APPROACHED, IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR POLICE ASSISTANCE.
PROTECTION MONEY WHEN
AGAINST TRIAD OF THE MEMBERS
THE POLICE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE FIGHT
FROM GANGS IN THE TERRITORY
CO-OPERATION PUBLIC TO REPORT AND TO TESTIFY AGAINST THEM IN COURTS.
REQUIRED
"THE BATTLE COULD NOT BE WON BY THE FORCE ALONE,
WERE
ALLOWED
MEMBERS
TO MANY TRIAD INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE WERE PUT BEFORE THE COURTS PROSECUTION WITNESSES.
HE STRESSED.
AS ESCAPE JUSTICE
DUE TO A LACK OF
APART FROM
STEPPING
UP
GATHERING INTELLIGENCE
AND
LEVELS, DISTRICT
EFFORTS BY
OFFICERS AT THE REGIONAL
THE SPOKESMAN BAID SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PARENTS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DOWNFALL OF TRIAD GANGS BY REPORTING IRREGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF THEIR STUDENTS AND CHILDREN.
AS MANY TRIAD GANGS SURVIVED ON EXTORTING PROTECTION MONEY FROM SHOP SHOP OPERATORS IN THEIR AREAS OF INFLUENCE, THE SPOKESMAN URGED OPERATORS, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF NEWLY OPENED BUSINESS, TO REPORT TRIAD HARASSMENT WITHOUT DELAY THROUGH THE TRIAD HOTLINE 527 7887.
THEY ARE
ALSO
REGIONAL
WELCOME TO CONTACT VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE SECTIONS FOR ADVICE TO FEND OFF TRIAD HARASSMENT.
ANY
TRIAD
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