Author: Martin Purbrick | Originally published on The Asian Crime Century.
In recent weeks the business of the Bamboo Union triads have been apparent from cases in Taiwan, where the group is centred and most active.
The Bamboo Union triad society, or United Bamboo Gang, or ‘Chuk Luen Bong’ (竹聯幫), was established in Taiwan in 1956, largely comprised of many offspring of mainland Chinese who had fled from the communist forces in 1949. One group of Chinese exiles residing at Wing Wor Village on the outskirts of Taipei were repeatedly attacked and extorted by established local gangs, and so they grouped together to form the Chuk Luen Bong, literally translated as ‘Bamboo United Gang’ with the name derived from the bamboo groves that surrounded Wing Wor Village. The Bamboo United Gang were generally supportive of the Kuomintang and flourished. The original United Bamboo Triad society was reportedly comprised of five branches, which were lion, tiger, leopard, phoenix, and duck.
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