Sing Wa

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Sing Wa (興華) are a Chinese Australian gang with origins in Taiwan. As of 2002, The Daily Telegraph newspaper stated that Sing Wa had over 1000 members in Sydney and had bases in Chatswood, Parramatta, Hurstville and Penrith. It was during this year that Sing Wa were involved in an escalated gang war with rival gang, Big Circle.

[edit] References

  • http://www.uala.com.au/uala/StrategicPlanning/submissions/A%20submission%20ot%20the%20Human%20Rights%20&%20Equal%20Opportunity%20Commission%202002%20-%20Ethnic%20Descriptors.pdf
  • http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/19/1023864457120.html
  • http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/15/1039656298141.html
  • http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/17/1045330538630.html
  • http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/06/19/australia.chinatown/
  • http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/ChineseOrgCrime.pdf
  • http://www.epochtimes.com.au/b5/1/4/8/n74263.htm
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