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Police investigating gunfight between rival gang groups

Taipei police said yesterday they were investigating a gunfight between two rival gangs of the Bamboo Union (竹聯幫) and hoped to prevent further outbursts of violence.

Police said a boss — surnamed Chen — of the Hungjenhui clique, was shot yesterday morning, adding that they suspected the attack was committed by the Hotang.

Chen’s cohorts might be preparing a revenge attack, police said, adding that they were attempting to prevent further violence and were calling on both sides to exercise restraint.

Police said that as Chen and his friends left a hostess bar on Fuxing South Road at 4am, two men on a scooter fired four shots at Chen, with one bullet hitting his hip.

uncooperative

Officers questioned Chen yesterday morning in his hospital room, but Chen was uncooperative, saying only that the suspects had likely shot the wrong person.

Police said that Chen and his friends had asked the hostess bar not to report the shooting to police.

Officers said they believed the shooting was committed by Hotang gangsters because the two branches had clashed a few days earlier.

On April 15 about 30 gangsters from the two branches fought as they left the funeral of a another gangster in Keelung, police said.

A Hungjenhui gang member surnamed Wu from the led his group in a battle with members of the Hotang, police said.

During the fight, Hungjenhui gangster Liu Ming-yang (劉名揚) killed Hotang member Kao Kuo-hsiang (高國祥) with a knife, police said.

Liu turned himself in to police on April 17, saying the stabbing was committed in self-defense, police said.

Police said they believed yesterday’s shooting was related to the murder.
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