Alleged Hong Kong gangster ‘Shanghai Boy’ taken to hospital with chest pain after arrest
- ‘Shanghai Boy’ Kwok Wing-hung among five men arrested on Saturday over alleged possession of offensive weapons
Alleged Hong Kong gangster “Shanghai Boy” Kwok Wing-hung has been taken to hospital after complaining of chest pains, after he was arrested on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons, the Post has learned.
Kwok, said to have been the head of the Wo Shing Wo triad society from 1998 to 2000, was under bedside police guard in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei at noon on Monday, a source said.
Kwok, 66, was among five men arrested in Tsim Sha Tsui at about 6.30pm on Saturday after what is alleged to be offensive weapons were discovered in his car.
Officers from the Police Tactical Unit found three men behaving suspiciously in a car which was pulled over pulled in the district’s Prat Avenue. Two other men later returned to the vehicle.
“In the vehicle, officers seized three wooden rods with lengths of between 70 and 90cm and a 65cm-long metal bar,” police said.
Officers arrested the men, aged between 25 and 66, on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons. The source said Kwok was one of the suspects.
A source said all five men were released on bail by Monday evening.
