{"id":156562,"date":"2020-11-24T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T00:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=156562"},"modified":"2020-11-24T17:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T01:15:40","slug":"fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive Triad Leader and Macau Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alleged triad<\/a> leader known as \u201cShanghai Boy\u201d was arrested as he returned to Hong Kong on Sunday after more than two years on the run, The South China Morning Post<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

\"Shanghai
Reputed triad member \u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung said he had returned to Hong Kong because he didn\u2019t want to die in Europe. (Image: South China Morning Post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kwok Wing-hung \u2013 reputedly former boss of the Wo Shing Wo triad society \u2013 was detained at Hong Kong airport after arriving on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand. The reputed gangster, who once ran VIP rooms in Macau, was charged with conspiracy to wound, criminal damage, and criminal libel, on top of existing money laundering charges from which he fled in 2018.<\/p>\n

Distinctive in his trademark 1970s sunglasses and Bruce Lee-style bowl haircut, Kwok told authorities he had returned to Hong Kong because he had become ill with COVID-19 in Europe and did not want to die there. Despite his nickname, Kwok is Hong Kong born and bred.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Kwok tested negative for coronavirus after his detention, but claims he has lost his sense of taste and smell.<\/p>\n

Laundered Millions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kwok was arrested in 2017 on suspicion of laundering over HK$100 million ($13 million) from illegal bookmaking through four local bank accounts from January 2007 to July 2012.<\/p>\n

He was released on bail, but absconded, later notifying police that he was in Thailand, where he had suffered a stroke.<\/p>\n

In reality, according to The Hong Kong Standard<\/em>, he was \u201cscurrying\u201d across several European countries, bragging about chasing women. In Europe, he lived a life of luxury, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars each month on bodyguards and staying in five-star hotels.<\/p>\n

Wo Shing Who?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Wo Shing Wo is the oldest triad society in Hong Kong, and it controls the drugs trade in the Chinese special administrative region. Its leaders, or \u201cDragonheads,\u201d are elected every two years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s believed Kwok was a Dragonhead from 1998 to 2000. But he became widely known to the public in 2012 after he was seen attending a private banquet with aides of politician Leung Chun-ying, who shortly afterwards was elected chief executive, the top position in Hong Kong\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

\n

In August that year, Kwok was among 130 people arrested in a crackdown on two triad gangs suspected of laundering HK$300 million ($39 million). He was jailed until 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Kwok was believed to be a partner in VIP rooms at both MGM Macau<\/a> and Melco Crown\u2019s City of Dreams. But those operations folded during Macau\u2019s economic downturn of 2015.<\/p>\n

According to 2018 court documents, he owes $6.4 million to Star Cruise Services, a company that operates gambling cruises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An alleged triad leader known as \u201cShanghai Boy\u201d was arrested as he returned to Hong Kong on Sunday after more than two years on the run, The South China Morning Post reports. Kwok Wing-hung \u2013 reputedly former boss of the Wo Shing Wo triad society \u2013 was detained at Hong Kong airport after arriving on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":156563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFugitive Triad Leader and Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung, alleged Dragonhead of Wo Sing Wo triad group arrested in Hong Kong after two years a fugitive.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fugitive Triad Leader and Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung, alleged Dragonhead of Wo Sing Wo triad group arrested in Hong Kong after two years a fugitive.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-25T00:07:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-25T01:15:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/\",\"name\":\"Fugitive Triad Leader and Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-25T00:07:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-25T01:15:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"\u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung, alleged Dragonhead of Wo Sing Wo triad group arrested in Hong Kong after two years a fugitive.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Reputed triad \u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung said he had returned to Hong Kong because he didn\u2019t want to die in Europe. (Image: South China Morning Post)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fugitive Triad Leader and Macau Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fugitive Triad Leader and Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong","description":"\u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung, alleged Dragonhead of Wo Sing Wo triad group arrested in Hong Kong after two years a fugitive.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fugitive Triad Leader and Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong","og_description":"\u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung, alleged Dragonhead of Wo Sing Wo triad group arrested in Hong Kong after two years a fugitive.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2020-11-25T00:07:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-25T01:15:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/","name":"Fugitive Triad Leader and Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-25T00:07:49+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-25T01:15:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"\u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung, alleged Dragonhead of Wo Sing Wo triad group arrested in Hong Kong after two years a fugitive.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shanghai-boy.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Reputed triad \u201cShanghai Boy\u201d Kwok Wing-hung said he had returned to Hong Kong because he didn\u2019t want to die in Europe. (Image: South China Morning Post)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fugitive-triad-leader-and-junketeer-shanghai-boy-arrested-in-hong-kong\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fugitive Triad Leader and Macau Junketeer \u2018Shanghai Boy\u2019 Arrested in Hong Kong"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}