Antigun Politician Charged with Gun Trafficking, Wire Fraud
March 27th, 2014There’s a doosey in here.
One of the members of this criminal enterprise is, “Raymond ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow, a longtime Chinatown gangster.” According to the piece, Chow is president of the Supreme Lodge of Chinese Freemasons of the world in San Francisco (see: Tiandihui).
Via: San Francisco Weekly:
State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) and 19 other defendants appeared in court this afternoon to confront charges against them ranging from racketeering, gun-trafficking, and murder for hire.
The defendants — including Keith Jackson, a San Francisco political consultant, and Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, a longtime Chinatown gangster — all arrived in civilian clothes while shackled at the wrist and waist.
By 3:30 p.m., only 12 of the defendants, including Jackson and Chow, had appeared before the judge to hear the charges against them. Yee, who as a legislator cracked down on guns, is now being charged with gun trafficking himself.
Yee, who was also charged with wire fraud, was released this afternoon on a $500,000 unsecured bond. He faces 16 years in prison. Yee will return to court on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
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Hundreds of cops and FBI agents stormed businesses and homes in Chinatown this morning, including the offices of Gee King Tong Free Masons. Both Yee and Chow, who is now president of the Supreme Lodge of Chinese Freemasons of the world in San Francisco, were arrested during the police sweeps. News of the additional arrests trickled in throughout the day.
“Chinese Freemasons” seemed an oxymoron to me –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Masonic_Grand_Lodges
– shows what I know. Apparently there’s a Grand Lodge in every country on the planet