The "facilitator" was arrested by the police, the "investor" became the target of concern, and the inside story of Hong Kong thugs smuggling into Taiwan exposed
[Global Times reporter Ye Lan] The "12 Hong Kong People Stowaway Case" that absconded from Taiwan and was arrested in the Mainland has made new progress.
Hong Kong O's (Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division) after more than a month of investigation, on the 10th, the soldiers went to Kowloon and the New Territories to arrest 9 men and women.
They are suspected of arranging smuggling vessels, picking up vehicles and providing shelter for 12 people who have absconded from Hong Kong.
Some of them have very close relations with "Hong Kong independence" elements and organizations.
According to a report by Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily" on the 11th, O Kee Senior Superintendent He Zhendong revealed that the police had received information from the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department earlier that a speedboat was intercepted in inland waters at 9 am on August 23 and 12 Hong Kong residents were arrested , Suspected of "steering across the border crime."
After investigation, the Hong Kong police took action in the early morning of the 10th and arrested 4 men and 5 women.
The police investigation found that they divided their work and contributed their own money, suspected of providing funds to the fugitives, arranging accommodation before smuggling, picking up to the dock, and arranging life after arriving in Taiwan.
During the operation, more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash, mobile phones, computers and ship transaction receipts were seized, showing that the ship purchase fee amounted to hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and the smuggling fee ranged from tens of thousands to more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.
According to Hong Kong law, "assisting a criminal" is a serious crime. Once the crime is convicted, the maximum imprisonment is 10 years.
The nine arrested included Tang Wanqing, a former assistant to Liang Guoxiong who was nicknamed "Long Mao", Zhong Xueying, a former member of the "Indigenous Democratic Front", as well as chefs, clerks, unemployed women, salespersons and unemployed men.
Among them, Tang Wanqing’s husband is Liu Shanqing, a “democracy movement” member. While Liu was serving her sentence, she often participated in social movements. In 1994, she represented her unqualified husband in the Kwai Tsing District Council election. She was assisted by Liang Guoxiong and others but still failed. .
Tang is also a senior member of Hong Kong's "Social People's Company" closely related to "Taiwan Independence". He was a full-time assistant to Liang Guoxiong, then a member of the Legislative Council, until Liang was disqualified and lost his seat in 2017.
In October last year, Tang Wanqing was suspected of participating in an illegal assembly and was charged with possessing tools suitable for illegal purposes.
Zhong Xueying is a former assistant to Liang Songheng and You Huizhen, former legislator of the "New Deal for Youth", and the official is not constant.
You Liang, who were deprived of membership due to the "sworn storm", led Zhong Xueying and three assistants into the Legislative Council Chamber and collided with security. In the end, five people were convicted of illegal assembling and were sentenced to four weeks each. Imprisonment.
In February 2018, Zhong was arrested by the police on suspicion of trafficking in marijuana and other drugs; on August 1, 2019, the police searched a unit and found bows, arrows, petrol bombs, and raw materials. Eight of the arrested people included Zhong; in December last year, the police arrested Su Weixuan, a member of the "Slaying Dragon Squad", and fellow Zhong Xueying escaped by taking advantage of the chaos. They have been wanted by the police. Now they are finally arrested after 10 months of absconding.
Ming Pao said on the 11th that Zhong Xueying and a paralegal were responsible for "arranging smuggling", Tang Wanqing and two other women "providing a hiding place", and a 60-year-old unemployed man was accused of arranging speedboats.
According to the police, most of the arrested persons are friends with 12 people who stowaway from Hong Kong, and it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
It is reported that there is also a music teacher at large in the case.
The family members of 12 Hong Kong residents issued a statement claiming that the arrests were "very likely based on the data obtained by the Shenzhen police in the secret interrogation of 12 people," and that the arrests of the Hong Kong police were "trying to divert attention."
On the afternoon of the 11th, Tang Wanqing was released on bail and has not been charged.
Zhong Xueying was temporarily charged with a crime of "possibly possessing firearms or ammunition without a license" and the case will be brought to court on the 12th.
It is reported that the total cost of smuggling is about 2 million Hong Kong dollars.
Former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Liang Zhenying posted on Facebook on the evening of the 10th that the investigation believed that the smuggling costs of 12 fugitives were so high. “Where did the money come from?” The Oriental Daily said on the 11th that 12 people had smuggled into Hong Kong. After the man was arrested by the mainland maritime police, not only did he expose the road map for the black storm to escape from Hong Kong to Taiwan, but the organization and funding chain behind it also gradually became clear.
In simple calculations, it costs hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars to buy a ship, and several hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars are seized in the apartment. There are also people who have to pay up to hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars to smuggling groups. It has involved millions of Hong Kong dollars. Where does the money come from? It is puzzling, especially since the 9 arrested are not people with strong financial resources on the surface, there must be inside information behind them, "How can it be easy to escape without special organization and assistance?" And it is not the first time that criminal rioters have escaped to Taiwan. There are no gold masters and black hands, no collusion with Taiwan, and a three-year-old child does not believe it.
"Oriental Daily" bluntly stated that only the small people in front of the stage were arrested this time, and there are bigger gold masters and black hands behind the scenes planning everything, who are their contacts in Taiwan, and what is there with the Taiwan authorities and the "Taiwan independence" organization Relationship, I believe it will be the focus of the investigation.
Among the nine arrested, he saw Liang Guoxiong's former assistant and members of the local faction, "If the opposition politicians have no role in them, it would be unbelievable."
It should also be pointed out that in the political black gold case, Liang Guoxiong’s funder is Li Zhiying, the founder of One Media, who threatened to "fight for the United States" and is closely related to "Taiwan independence" politicians. Is there any smuggling incident? Its black hands are mixed with it, and it cannot but be suspicious.