History
The original founding of the 'East Beach Boyz' began after the emigration of the Chinese into Los Santos's East Beach community, which had previously housed a predominant majority of Los Santos's Hispanics and Latin-Americans. This journey did not end however due to the constant racial tensions which developed between the Asians, Hispanics, and Whites in the community of East Beach. As the young Chinese-Americans found themselves alienated in their new homes, schools, and communities abroad, they would band together in hopes that it would protect them. Despite this, one thing would lead to another whether it was the intrigue of drugs, women or living the gangster life, these bands would develop into some of Los Santos's most violent and notoriously criminal street gangs known for their brazen lifestyles.
In 1981, 18 year old Samuel Ying Liu, a Chinese-American teenager attending East Beach High School whose family moved from Hong Kong to Los Santos in 1979, had been in and out of his education due to the rampant discriminatory practices of the school's staff and other students (majority Hispanic) against the Chinese students. Samuel Ying, dubbed "Ping" by schoolmates, and a group of other troubled Chinese teenagers would bind together trusting that it would protect them from the odds, without malicious intent. "Monk" Matthew Hong and Will Yang were the catalysts to the groups' spiral downwards as their exploration of the underground cultures in Chinatown with drug use, alcohol, and women would lead them to find a world of crime hidden within the gates of the neighborhood.
With "Ten" Will Yang in prison for an assault & battery charge and "Monk" Matthew Hong held responsible for his best friend's demise, the final piece of the puzzle had been set for "Ping" Samuel Ying to live the gangster life he had been vying for. The 'East Beach Boyz' trend turned more serious when their newly chosen lifestyles plead for a larger income to support them. As the group caught new popularity among other Chinese youth and began to grow various illicit activities were being conducted in which auto theft and robbery were the most common and primary income. "Joe" Joseph Sao became more involved with his 'dai lo' after word reached shady individuals that a group of troublesome Chinese youth were conducting dangerous and definitely illegal activities in East Beach. As time passed the organization would press for a more legitimate front or 'Tong' in which most if not all of their rackets would be moved into Los Santos's Chinatown community.
During the peak of moving into Chinatown, the criminal underground had been relatively stable. However, there were a number of Asian youth gangs that had spread themselves across East Los Santos. As these groups would move the obstacles out of the way their influence on the old generation became solid, making leeway for the new generation of Chinese-American criminal enterprise. Through the chaos, the East Beach Boyz would utilise the Hong Kong - Los Santos connection to their advantage, implementing a Triangular heroin smuggling op in Chinatown.
Events
News Article: Chinese Teen shoots and kills Hispanic Male and Injures Another (April 4, 2014)
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LSHS Shooting leaves one dead, one wounded
April 4th, 2014
A shooting-involved incident between three young male teens occurred last Wednesday afternoon at 1:15 PM, leaving one dead and another wounded in critical condition in hospital, according to authorities who responded on the scene.
"We've never seen anyone act out this way on this scale before on school property, ever." says Principal Gordon of Los Santos High School while addressing and answering questions regarding the incident.
Witnesses who had been in the schoolyard at the time of the shooting describe three males, one Chinese and two Hispanics, who had allegedly been caught in a heated argument over origin.
According to one witness, one of the males had allegedly called the Chinese male a "Chink" and told him to "get off his block", after which the Chinese male drew a .45 Caliber pistol and fired 7 shots, six of which hit one of the Hispanic males directly in the chest - abdomen, killing him, while the 7th shot had hit the other in the thigh.
Trouble in the case of this incident had not been anticipated given the diverse but general peace that had taken place in the high school, despite the knowledge of several Asian and Hispanic youth gangs that exist in the area. Racial tensions in the community are still high and haven't left the 1990s, and feel even through the passing of two decades the struggles of the past are still felt to this day.
Leah Xu, raised from Los Santos's Chinatown community, is a citizen/public affairs journalist for the Los Santos Times and pursues news stories surrounding her community.
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Reputed Chinatown Tong Owner Gunned Down infront of Local Business
Sept. 15th, 2015
On Tuesday night around 11:00 PM, Louis "Chow" Liang, owner and proprietor of the Tin Sing Tong, was shot and killed by unknown assailants on the steps of the local business just one block away from his own property.
Police responded to a call at 10:30 PM to a 'shots fired' distress call on the intersection of Stadium Rd. and Felton Ave., where Mr. Liang had been standing at the time of the shooting. EMTs arrived on scene only to pronounce Mr. Liang dead on the scene, shot 11 times in the chest, neck, and head.
LSPD have stated that due to the lack of witnesses or suspects that their investigation into the shooting has been stagnant and may continue for a period of time as they try and gather further evidence on the crime.
The benevolent organisation known as the Tin Sing Tong or 'hall' was a location used for the study of English for newer Chinese immigrants coming to the United States, as well as the financial and counsel aid for those settling into the country. The shooting has devastated the local community and has shaken many of those who depended on the Tin Sing Tong for internal support.
Leah Xu, raised from Los Santos's Chinatown community, is a citizen/public affairs journalist for the Los Santos Times and pursues news stories surrounding her community.
Chinese organized crime is involved in a variety of different illegal rackets that include petty crimes such as robbery, burglary, car theft to murder, hit-for-hire, digital crimes ranging from credit & tax fraud to backdoor gambling. While triads exist as organizations in both mainland China and the West, both worlds share very different cultural, traditional, and ritualistic norms in contrast to one another. This is mainly due to the Chinese immigrants or newer generation of Chinese-Americans having to trim their norms to better fit into the Western World and vastly different society. This often results in the fragmentation and division among Triads in the United States, with smaller independent street-level organizations or gangs vying for control under a loose structure. Street gangs such as the East Beach Boyz primarily consist of Chinese youth, but can be open to other Asian ethnic groups such as Vietnamese, Cambodians, or Hmong (people of South-East Asia).
Two main trends of Chinese-American street gangs that operate on the street-level are that they are especially known to commit to extortion, gambling, loan-sharking, and prostitution, but are not limited to. They are also known to focus on building their organizations on a more hierarchical structure to compete against rival gangs. - https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organiz ... #Asian-TOC
The use of Tongs (Benevolent Organizations) are exclusively used in Triad societies located in the West, as they serve as semi-legitimate businesses that front for the Chinese criminal underworld. Offering social services from English classes and financial support for newly settled immigrants are just a ploy to cover the real intentions behind a Tong. At the peak of the 1990s, Tongs main bread and butter, as well as for the Tong heads themselves, was extortion of vendors and local businesses, backdoor gambling, and prostitution.
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