Johnny Eng

Johnny Eng ( Chinese  伍少衡 ) (* 1958 in Hong Kong ), also known as Onionhead and Machinegun Johnny , is a former Chinese gangster and leader of the Flying Dragons , a triad from Manhattan ( New York City ).

A former Hong Kong police officer described Johnny Eng as prominent, charismatic and violent. He was also known in the media as the John Gotti of Chinatown .

Life

Criminal rise

Born and raised in Hong Kong , Johnny Eng came to the United States from Hong Kong , believed to be 13 years old. Eng was arrested at least five times as early as the 1970s.

In the early 1980s, Chinatown was a clan-organized neighborhood where rivalries raged over gambling, drugs, and blackmail. At the time, the Flying Dragons were one of the most notorious gangs in Chinatown, with 75-100 members.

In 1983, Johnny Eng joined the gang controlled by Michael "The Scientist" Chen. Johnny wanted to bring the Flying Dragons closer to the heroin business, but Michael Chen did not believe in the business, while the main income came from protection money and gambling. It is believed that a fight for supremacy arose within the gang, after which Michael Chen was murdered by 14 bullets in March 1983 and the 24-year-old Johnny Eng became the new leader.

The gang got into the heroin trade under the leadership of Johnny Eng and made huge sums of money. Eng is said to have transmitted information about the business of other gangs to police spies in order to get rid of his competition. The DEA founded the special unit 41 , which was set on Asian heroin and its smugglers like Johnny Eng.

Escape and imprisonment

In January 1989, Johnny fled to Hong Kong on charges of drug trafficking and so the trial was suspended for the time being. In Hong Kong, Johnny led an apparently normal life. The Hong Kong ICAC, however, happened upon the name Johnny Eng in its books of accounts while investigating a prostitution ring fraud case following a raid on a brothel. He was arrested unspectacularly by a single investigator at his business address; he made no resistance. Johnny hired the best lawyers in town to avoid extradition to the United States.

Almost three years later, in October 1991, despite his enormous influence, he was ultimately extradited to the United States and charged with 17 counts. Ironically, Johnny hired Gerald Shargel , John Gotti's top attorney , to defend himself in court. Nonetheless, on December 14, 1992, the jury found him guilty on 14 of the 17 counts and sentenced him to 24 years' imprisonment and a fine of $ 3.5 million.

Millions of dollars were confiscated, as well as his 200-acre property in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania , where he let members of his gang practice shooting with automatic weapons unmolested.

Johnny Eng was released from prison on December 8, 2010 and disappeared. About 8 months later, on July 13, 2011, Eng's wife Lori Eng (Chinese: 伍 羅美玲) was shot dead by a Flying Dragons member named David Chea (Chinese: 謝 錦 徵) in her apartment in Queens, New York City. Chea then committed suicide. No news of Johnny Eng has been heard since his release. His cousin is believed to be the head of the gang today.

Documentation

• 2012: Gangster - Without scruples and morals ; Season 1, episode 5: Johnny Eng (first broadcast Germany October 12, 2013) / OT: Machine Gun Johnny: Johnny Eng (first broadcast August 28, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Huffingtonpost - 'Machinegun' Johnny Eng Was The John Gotti Of Chinatown On 'Gangsters: America's Most Evil'
2. ^ The New York Times - CHINATOWN GANG LEADER IS SLAIN
3. ^ Ko-lin Chin: Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity , p. 153
4. ^ The New York Times - Ex-Head of Chinatown Gang Is Guilty of Leading Drug Ring
5. ↑ Justia - United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Johnny Eng
6. ↑ NY Post - Killer obsessed over gal