'Shrimp Boy' a Focus in Senator Leland Yee's SF Guns Scandal

NewsMax ^ | 3/28/14

[Impala64ssa]

California State Sen. Leland Yee and his campaign consultant Keith Jackson were arrested Wednesday alongside longtime criminal Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow during an FBI raid in San Francisco's Chinatown district that also netted several members of the Ghee Kung Tong gang.

The Associated Press reported that the federal charges, which allege the California lawmaker accepted money and campaign donations in exchange for providing official favors and helping broker an arms deal, cast harsh light on Chinatown's tight-knit network of fraternal organizations and one of its most shadowy characters, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow.

Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation's oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld, according to the FBI criminal complaint that has stunned even those familiar with the neighborhood's history of gambling houses, opium dens and occasional gangland-style murders.

Investigators say Chow is the leader – the dragonhead – of one of the most powerful Asian gangs in North America. Chow's gang is said to have lured state Sen. Leland Yee into its clutches through money and campaign contributions in exchange for legislative help, as Yee sought to build his campaign coffers to run for California secretary of state.

Born in Hong Kong in 1960, Chow came to the United States at 16 and was reportedly nicknamed "Shrimp Boy" by his grandmother, in part due to his small stature.

After dropping out of high school, Chow rose within the ranks of the local Hop Sing Tong gang after he and his crew survived a 1977 shooting at a Chinatown restaurant that left five dead and about a dozen people injured.

[Impala64ssa]

Shrimp Boy Chow. Suddenly I've got this incredible urge to call out for some Chinese food. Speaking of which, maybe the Chinese takeouts in Yee's district can name a dish in his DIShonor, Sum Dum Schmuck. This level of hypocrisy is very similar to the scandal involving Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and other similar incidents involving Evangelists caught up in embezzling, adultery and other such sins they so vigorisly preached against. But as repugnant as they were, at least their followers had the option of "voting with their feet" and stop contributing tons of $$$ and find another church. Yee is/was a PUBLIC SERVANT paid for with tax dollars, which makes him even more disgusting.

[Mastador1]

See, I hear hear Shrimp Boy Chow and I'm thinking, not so macho, nope not macho.

[bunkerhill7]

Confucius say Shrimp Boy with Gun Does Take-out

[nickcarraway]

Is he related to Lobster Boy? He definitely isn’t kosher.

[Hatteras]

They named a gang after the Cartwright's cook?

Vely nice!

[TigersEye]

Boy is a demeaning epithet. Just call him Shrimp Chow.

[Cicero]

Looks like the Chinese Mafia needs to study the Sicilian Mafia.

[Impala64ssa]

Confucius say Shrimp Boy with Gun Does Take-out
Seven day honeymoon make whole week. I swear on a stack of Bibles AND a stack of Torahs, that's what I once pulled out of a forune cookie ;)

[Mat_Helm]

"Guess we're just gunna have to cut off Lee and Shrimp Boy's pigtails ain't we! And than hog tie all them scoundrel's up in the state capital."

[lee martell]

I recall when some Chinese restaurants of 1990’s and earlier would give Fortune Cookies with some negative kind of prediction from time to time. A fortune I received around 1986 said, “Your lack of patience will impede your success”. Not scary negative, just realistic. Now, they play it safer. Happy Happy Joy Joy.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Shrimp Boy is more likely related to Pajama Boy. I know their cousins Bok Choy and Boy Toy. Family dinners are a hoot as no one can actually call to someone without a “Who’s on First” routine starting.

It even seeped into “Animal House” when Flounder said, “Oh Boy, this is gonna be fun”. Don’t know who Oh Boy was. Didn’t see him listed in the cast.

OY!