I found an interesting article.


United Bamboo -- KMT's Underground Assassination Sector

On October 4th, Chen Chi-li (陳啟禮), aka Lord Duck (鴨霸子), the one-time spiritual leader of the United Bamboo (竹聯幫), the largest gang in Taiwan, passed away in St. Teresa's Hospital, Hong Kong. He is well known to Taiwanese for his role in the oversea assassination of a Taiwanese-American writer Henry Liu in California (1984). Liu wrote a manuscript about the extramarital affair of then President Chiang Ching-kuo and was considered a rebel of the country. The assassination was ordered by KMT in the name of patriotism. In a case like this, Chen should have been treated by KMT as a national hero. However, after the contract was successfully carried out, KMT betrayed him and sentenced him to life in prison. Chen escaped to Cambodia to avoid life imprisonment and hid there until his death.

The death of Chen Chi-li not only marks a transition point of United Bamboo Gang, but also, more importantly, refocuses Taiwanese attention to the dirty, covert gangster-linked nature of KMT. The recently exposed yet another murder contract between KMT and a Hong Kong movie star, Jimmy Wang (Wang Yu 王羽), for the intended killing of Hsu Hsin-Liang (許信良) certainly stirred up the heat even more.

But there's more shocking news. Let me cited several paragraphs describing the origin of United Bamboo Gang first.


Taiwan's Dirty Business
The United Bamboo was founded 40 years ago by a handful of teen-aged sons of senior officers in Chiang Kai-shek's KMT army who had encamped in Taiwan rather than be crushed by Mao Zedong's advancing Communists. Disenchanted by the humiliation of their fathers, the young rebels joined forces to fight other gangs along Bamboo Forest Road on the outskirts of Taipei.
Lord Duck Is Dead
Chen (Chi-li) was born in 1943 in China and moved with his family to Taiwan in 1949. At age 17, he formed the United Bamboo gang with friends ... the United Bamboo gang was formed by a bunch of teenage students who were born on the mainland, oppressed by local Taiwanese people and got together to defend themselves.

Both articles describe that the reason the United Bamboo Gang was formed was nothing but gangster-style romanticism. If this is true, then we can fairly say that KMT later decided to "link to" this already existing gang and make use of their fire power for political use.

But "link to gangster", a knowledge that has long been recognized through available records, can't seem to describe the true nature of KMT enough.

When Chen Chi-li was indicted for his role in the oversea assassination, the attorney representing the victim's wife was the current DPP Presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. Certainly Hsieh was in the court with Chen Chi-li and had the chance to listen to what Chen Chi-li said.

In a news report (謝長廷：當時的政府要陳啟禮組竹聯幫) yesterday, Hsieh revealed:


"Chen Chi-li said in the court that the (KMT) government wanted him to organize the United Bamboo Gang, and the sole purpose is to kill those rebels. They (KMT) thought the anti-government people are weak, so it's possible to gather gangsters to organize United Bamboo Gang to handle these people. This is what Chen Chi-li said."
陳啟禮當年在法庭講過，「當時的政府要他組織竹聯幫，就是要對付所謂的叛徒，殺害這些人，他們當時認為黨外、民主運動人士沒有力量，很可能可以結合流氓，組織竹聯幫制裁、傷害這些人，這是陳啟禮自己講的。」

He went on saying:


"Chen Chi-li said it crystal clear, openly in the court, (it's the government) asking him to organize the United Bamboo Gang, and to extend their influence for the sole purpose of killing those people."
他說，「陳啟禮講的很清楚，公開在法庭講，叫他出來組織竹聯幫，擴大勢力，就是要殺害這些人」。

and

"Chen Chi-li described the organizing process in details in his confession and the audio recording. Because it's the (KMT) government who ordered the gang formation, it brought chills to the bone. So at that time nobody dare to say anything."
「他有自白、有錄音，把這經過講得很詳細，當時大家不敢講，看了大家會冒冷汗，是政府去組織黑社會。」

Hsieh also hinted that the reason the United Bamboo Gang could grow to be the largest gang in Taiwan is due to KMT's support.

What Hsieh revealed is a shocking news. After all, "has gangster link" is one thing, but "actively organize a gang for the purpose of murder" is a whole new story. Obviously, even after years of awakening, Taiwanese still haven't learned how dirty the true nature of KMT is yet. The United Bamboo Gang is not just a gang that KMT links to. In fact it is KMT's underground assassination sector.

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More readings:

● More on the White Wolf
● The China Connection - How Crime and Politics come together ... again
● Ex-movie Star Claimed KMT Wanted Him to Kill Hsu Hsin-Liang
● Prosecutors launch investigation into Jimmy Wang `murder contract' case

Labels: Assassination, Chen Chi-li, Frank Hsieh, gang, KMT, United Bamboo, White Terror, 國民黨, 暗殺, 白色恐怖, 竹聯幫, 謝長廷, 陳啟禮, 黑道

KMT is not really democratic.

If you want to strive for fully democratic, then make Southern Taiwan independent from the KMT.

make Southern Taiwan an independent nation.

You want full democracy and indepedence, then you have to fight for it.

KMT believe they are chinese and you don't. You don't want to be together with them.

Kmt got defeated by the DPP last two times, and once by Lee Deng Fei.

Next election kmt will be defeated again, since Ma screwed up so bad with the hurrican and his low popularity percentage.

Don't get too cocky with the kmt. They are a weak bunch.

Since you are the one who likes China so much. Why not hurry up and move there yourself.
Living in a western country like Taiwan or USA, and preaching about China is really hyprictical to me.
Be a man about this. Pack up your bags and move to China. Practice what you preach.

I am fighting you now.

As long as you are in Taiwan. You will have to deal with people like me.

KMT had a civil war before with communists in China. likewise, it can also have a civil war with DPPs in Taiwan.
The defeat won't be just in voting only in the future.

CCP will support KMT on its next civil war in Taiwan.

You are a piece of $hit, I can't wait till the PLA execution squad execute stupid people like you.

Running out of excues?? ha ha
Civil war in China 60 years ago? Was fought by poor peasants eating grass and chased by Japanese.
Today, in China their population is a "strawberry generation". They only want to buy pretty stuff , make alots of money, and drink starbucks coffee. They don't even know what kmt or DPP is in Taiwan. They can't even point out Taiwan in a map. If you want to count mainlanders to fight your battles, you are lost. Mainlanders don't even bother to put one post in this site. ha ha ha. They won't even spend 30 seconds posting, and you want them to risk their lives?? ha ha ha. good one.
The kmt in Taiwan are a joke too. Half of them are like Red Fox Ace and Lee Deng Fei, they are secretly support DPP policies. There are many DPP offices in Taipei. Feel free to stop by and start a fight. You will see what happens to you in 2 seconds. Guys like me will be waiting for you in real life.
sinowarrior, you should be called sinocoward.

$hit, farkface, blah blah blah.
running out of ammo for you side of the debate.?! ha ha ha!
That is because you don't have any good reason to support your side.
Be a man about it, and pack up your bags and move to China youself.
See if the mainlanders there will accept you. I doubt it though.
Maybe you can move to vietnam, africa, southpole. I don't care.
get lost, you loser.