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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 03:48 PM Jan 2016

Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow convicted of racketeering and murder (xpost from GD)

Source: Associated Press

A jury convicted a former gang leader of racketeering, murder and other counts in a case centered in the Chinatown district of San Francisco.

Defendant Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow stared straight ahead on Friday and showed no reaction as the initial verdicts were announced.

The probe also ensnared former California state senator Leland Yee, who has pleaded guilty to a racketeering count involving bribes.

Prosecutors said Chow ordered the slaying of the head of a Chinese fraternal organization with criminal ties that Chow then took over. They also charged him with conspiracy to murder another rival.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/08/raymond-shrimp-boy-chow-convicted-chinatown-murder

Associated Press
Friday 8 January 2016 19.20 GMT

h/t Eugene

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Raymond 'Shrimp Boy' Chow convicted of racketeering and murder (xpost from GD) (Original Post) KamaAina Jan 2016 OP
Good, total scumbag and disgrace to Chinese community. Jesus Malverde Jan 2016 #1

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
1. Good, total scumbag and disgrace to Chinese community.
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 03:04 AM
Jan 2016

That he was embraced by many city leaders is a sad story for SF politics.

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