Chen Qili, godfather of Taiwan gangster, once became a political victim for Taiwan intelligence personnel.
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet)-According to Macao’s Xinhua Aobao, Chen Qili, the "spiritual leader" of Taiwan Province’s Zhulian Gang who died in Hong Kong a few days ago, was once an intelligence officer of the Taiwan authorities, personally participated in the "Jiangnan case" which had a great influence on Taiwan Province society, and was regarded by gangsters because of his strong influence in Taiwan Province underworld.
1. Take charge of "the first gang in the world" by combining hard and soft skills.
Chen Qili, nicknamed "Duck Bazi", was born in Jiangsu and went to Taiwan Province with his parents in 1949. In 1952, Chen Qili joined the underworld gang and began to live a underworld life under the leadership of Zhou Xinde and Zhou Rong.
In 1953, a man named Sun Depei founded the "Zhonghe Gang". At the same time, other gangs were established, such as the Thirteen Pacific Insurance and the Four Seas Gang. Sun Depei led his men to "explore the northern expedition in the south". In the two years since the establishment of the gang, Zhonghe, Yonghe and Banqiao have been built into strongholds. In 1956, Sun Depei, the leader of the "Zhonghe Gang", killed a gang leader in a dispute and was arrested and imprisoned. The "Zhonghegang" suddenly became leaderless, and its territory was constantly divided by other gangs. Zhao Ning, a veteran of Zhonghe Gang, gathered to help people hold a meeting and founded the Bamboo Forest Alliance. At that time, the "Zhulian Gang" set up five branches, and Chen Qili was a member of one branch, Duck.
In 1962, another big gang on the island, "Four Seas Gang", was suppressed by the "government" in a series, with internal chaos and facing the crisis of dissolution. Chen Qili took the opportunity to emerge, led the members of the "Bamboo Gang" to launch a large-scale operation and occupied the territory of the "Four Seas Gang". Since then, it has merged with major underworld gangs and continuously expanded its territory, thus becoming a pivotal figure in the "Bamboo Gang". In 1968, the "Zhulian Gang" held a meeting in Yangmingshan, regrouped, and Chen Qili began to serve as the "general director".
In 1970, Chen Ren, a member of the "Zhulian Gang", escaped with money from the gang, and was assassinated by the "Zhulian Gang" while seeking police asylum. Chen Qili, who was accused of being the behind-the-scenes ambassador, was arrested and imprisoned in 1972. After four years in prison, Chen Qili drastically integrated the internal chaotic "bamboo gang". After a period of time, Chen Qili successfully unified the "Zhulian Gang". Since then, the "Zhulian Gang" has continued to expand, and it is known as "the first gang in the world".
2. As a Taiwan intelligence officer, he created the "Jiangnan" case and became a political victim.
Chen Qili is famous for unifying the "Zhulian Gang". More importantly, he created the "Jiangnan Case" that shocked China and foreign countries.
Jiangnan, whose real name is Liu Yiliang, is a Chinese American. He lost his father in his early years and was brought up by his grandfather. At the age of seventeen, he went to Taiwan Province with Jiang Jingguo. In 1950, he entered Taiwan to study in the Political Department of the Ministry of National Defense. Later, he was sent to Jiang Jingguo as the principal’s political cadre school for training. He was a political worker trained by Jiang Jingguo.
On the eve of graduation in 1954, Jiangnan decided to leave the Taiwan military, studied in the English Department of Taipei Normal University, and later worked as a reporter for Taiwan Daily. Due to his outstanding achievements, Jiangnan was sent to Hong Kong, the Philippines and Southeast Asia for interviews. In 1982, Jiangnan began to study Jiang Jingguo’s life and political ideal, and in 1984, he officially published The Biography of Jiang Jingguo.
After the publication of Biography of Jiang Jingguo, it immediately became one of the best-selling books in Chinese on the island. Because the book deeply exposed the misdeeds of the Chiang’s father and son, the Chiang family was extremely angry about it, and regarded Jiangnan as the "rebellion" of the Kuomintang and wanted to get rid of it quickly. Chen Qili, Wu Dun, Dong Guisen and others from the "Intelligence Bureau" of Taiwan authorities were assigned to San Francisco, USA, to wait for an opportunity to assassinate Jiangnan.
As the leader of the "Zhulian Gang", why should Chen Qili take orders from the Taiwan authorities? This has always been a mystery, and it was gradually solved later ── because Chen Qili is an intelligence officer of the Taiwan authorities.
It is revealed that in 1958, the Taiwan Province police forced the dissolution of the "Zhulian Gang", which frustrated its arrogance. In order to save the "Zhulian Gang" from the end of the road, Chen Qili set out to enter the entertainment industry, act as a bodyguard and occupy casinos, and his power became rampant. In the 1980s, the gang’s sphere of influence extended from Taipei to Kaohsiung, running through the north and south, with more than 10,000 members. At this time, the Taiwan authorities took a fancy to the "bamboo gang." Jiang Jingguo’s son, Jiang Xiaowu, had frequent contacts with Chen Qili, and after being introduced by Taiwan’s "Intelligence Director", Chen Qili joined Taiwan’s "Intelligence Bureau".
In Taiwan’s "Intelligence Bureau", Chen Qili’s name is Zheng Taicheng, numbered 730063. From August to September, 1984, instructed by Taiwan Province’s "Intelligence Bureau", Chen Qili and his gang sneaked into the United States and prepared to assassinate the "traitor" Jiangnan. On October 16th of that year, Jiangnan was stabbed to death. The murderers, Wu Dun and Dong Guisen, fled the scene by bicycle, and then returned to Taiwan with the help of Chen Qili.
The assassination of Jiangnan shocked the Chinese community at home and abroad. People condemned this inhuman atrocity and called on the police to thoroughly investigate the murderer. People from all walks of life in the United States who care about the assassination of Jiangnan set up the Jiangnan Incident Committee in San Francisco and offered a reward of $20,000 to catch the murderer.
Immediately after the incident, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation found out that the murderers were Chen Qili, Wu Dun and Dong Guisen. After failing to request the Taiwan authorities to "extradite" three people, it released a tape recorded by Chen Qili to the press as a precaution, confirming that an intelligence officer was involved in the case. In order to "protect themselves", the Taiwan authorities immediately ordered the arrest of the then director and deputy director of the "Intelligence Bureau" as scapegoats. After Chen Qili returned to Taiwan, he was arrested by the "government" in the name of "a clean-up project" (a special action to eliminate gangs). In 1991, after Chen Qili was released from prison, he felt that gangs had become the "chamber pot" of politics, so he took refuge in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, in 1996.
3. Possession of guns in Cambodia is too sick to seek medical treatment.
It is said that Chen Qili moved to Phnom Penh that year because he didn’t like the gang’s "transformation" into a thug of the Taiwan authorities, and another important reason was that he was entangled in lawsuits such as drug trafficking and possession of guns. Especially after Democratic Progressive Party came to power, he wanted to catch this "executioner" who destroyed "democracy" and wanted him everywhere.
In Phnom Penh, Chen Qili turned into a businessman, and often did good deeds, donating money and materials to the victims in the local disaster areas.
In July 2000, three weeks after the assassination of the president of the Cambodian Taiwanese Business Association, Chen Qili accused Cambodia of poor public security at a press conference and showed off some of its weapons to show off their self-defense ability. This has attracted the attention of the mayor of Phnom Penh. Officials immediately took action against Chen Qili, and found 11 AK submachine guns, 8 short guns, 1 M79 and 2,000 rounds of ammunition in his home, so Chen Qili was arrested and imprisoned.
In prison, Chen Qili suffered from a stroke. More than a year later, Chen Qili was released on parole. Soon, his father died in Taiwan Province. Chen Qili was tied up in a lawsuit and could not return to Taiwan, so he had to set up a mourning hall in Cambodia. At that time, he revealed his intention of "returning the tired birds to their nests".
According to Taiwan Province’s China Times, Chen Qili was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer as early as seven years ago. The disease was once controlled, but it recurred at the beginning of this year. Chen Qili refused to see a doctor at first, but his condition continued to deteriorate and there were signs of peritonitis. In March, several leaders of the "Zhulian Gang" visited. In June, Chen Qili finally went to Hong Kong for further treatment under the arrangement of friends.
Chen Qili doesn’t want to go out for treatment. In fact, there is something hard to say-he is afraid of being arrested by the Taiwan authorities accidentally. Chen Qili believed that he had been wronged, so during his exile in Cambodia, he rebelled against the low profile of other wanted criminals and publicly interviewed Taiwan Province media for many times, which caused great pressure on the Taiwan Province police. In recent years, the Taiwan Province police have been paying close attention to Chen Qili’s whereabouts, trying to find an opportunity to bring him back to Taiwan for trial.
In 2000, Chen Qili once flew from Cambodia to Thailand for treatment because of a stroke. After Taiwan Province’s "Criminal Bureau" grasped this information, it prepared to arrest people in the hospital through the Thai police. Later, due to a leak, after Chen Qili’s flight landed at Bangkok airport, he immediately transferred to a third place, which was missed by the Taiwan Province police. In 2001, after Chen Qili was arrested by Cambodian police for possession of guns, Taiwan’s Criminal Bureau, through Interpol, requested Cambodia to send him to a third place and then take him back to Taiwan Province. The plan ended in failure. (Yu Yang)
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Editor: Liu Liyan