US sanctions Chinese Broken Tooth Wan
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Wan Kuok-koi is driven away from the Macau prison. AFP file
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Chinese organised crime leader alleged of expanding criminal activities throughout Southeast Asia
The US Treasury slapped sanctions Wednesday on a notorious Chinese organized crime leader known as Broken Tooth , alleging he is expanding criminal activities throughout Southeast Asia on the back of a major Beijing infrastructure initiative.
Wan Kuok-koi, the head of the powerful 14K triad, or organized crime group, has built operations in Cambodia, Myanmar and Palau since being released from Macau prison eight years ago, the Treasury said.
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U.S. spy plane flies from South Korea into Taiwanese air space
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A South Korea-based online aviation tracker published data tracking the U.S. U-2S surveillance aircraft near Taiwan on Thursday. File Photo courtesy of Master Sgt. Rose Reynolds/U.S. Air Force
Dec. 10 (UPI) A U.S. spy plane flew from the Korean Peninsula into Taiwanese air space, according to a South Korea-based aviation tracker.
No Callsign published data of the movements of the U.S. U-2S surveillance aircraft to Twitter on Thursday. According to the tracker, the spy plane flew from Osan Air Base in South Korea to an area of the South China Sea close to Taiwan.
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