Bodies of two men found in Chinatown

Title

Bodies of two men found in Chinatown

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:44

Description

A one hundred thousand-pound reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of robbers who burned two men to death in London’s Chinatown. The money is being put up by the owners of the Soho amusement arcade where the two were doused in petrol and set alight. Eve Conway reports on how the bodies were found, and the two injured survivors of the attack. Local Chinese lawyer, Dee(?) Tang says that the attack bears the hallmarks of the Chinese mafia, or Triads. Hong Kong student, Samuel Chow also thinks the Triads are responsible. The report then considers other Triad attacks, but Detective Superintendent Alan Lewis says there is no evidence to suggest they may have been involved in this case.

Contributors

Eve Conway; Dee(?) Tang; Samuel Chow; Alan Lewis

Keywords

London; Crime; UK; Homicide; England; Robbery; Organized crime; Soho; Chinatown (London)

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