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By Garth McLennan

oe Lower Mainland is currently
the battleground for at least four gang
wars, local police have confirmed. This
pronouncement has come in the wake
of another two gang related murders on
November 6, 2007.
The victims, Ronal Shakeel Raj,
31, and Ali Abhari, 25, were shot and
killed after their silver Mercedes was
crowded by a pair of SUVs. The alleged
killers got out of the SUVs and sprayed
the Mercedes with bullets. Their deaths
were the ninth and tenth confirmed
gang-related slayings this year, adding
to a total of 19 Lower Mainland killings
that are known to be or resemble gang
murders. Both casualties of the attack
were known to the police. Abhari was
facing a number of charges at the time
of his murder. Described as a “maniac,”
by police, Abhari is said to have had
numerous enemies and affiliations with
many gangs. Police believe he was killed
for repeated treachery against several
gangs.

In the wake of the recent killings,
police are now calling for extra funding
in order for them to effectively combat
gangs.

“We are overwhelmed with the number
of people out there that are involved in
drug trafficking and are involved in gun
violence.” Said Bob Rich, a deputy chief
in the Vancouver Police Department.

The latest killings are believed to
be the most recent incidents in a gang
war presently being waged between the
United Nations Gang, the Independent
Soldiers faction, and another gang being
run by a Fraser Valley family.

The initial clash between the gangs

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Gang Violence Ravages BC

is believed to have taken place after an
infamous crack house was firebombed.
The second occurrence happened on
October 10 of this year, when Dylan
Becker, 38 was shot dead on the 9400-
block of King George Highway. Becker
was known as a lifelong criminal to
police. This was followed up by the
horrific October 19 massacre of six
people in a Surrey apartment penthouse.

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all heavily involved in drug trading.

Ethnic Feuds Find a New Home
Other gang and drug-related killings
continue to play out elsewhere. On
November 4, prominent gang member
Hong Chao “Raymond” Huang was
killed in front of his massive Shaughnessy
home. It is currently believed that the
murder took place in front of Huang’s

“Police have calculated that there may
be as many as 125 organized criminal
organizations currently operating in BC.”

 

This was particularly tragic, as two of
the people killed, Chris Mohan, 22, and
Edward Schellenberg, 55, were innocent
bystanders. The other four victims, Ryan
Bartolomeo, 19, Corey Lai, 21, Michael
Lai, 26, and Edward Narong, 22, were

10-year-old daughter, who then phoned
the police to inform them that her father
had just been shot. Huang was a member
of the Big Circle Boys gang.

The Big Circle Boys are a notorious
Asian gang. They originated in China and

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are among the remaining members of the
infamous Communist Red Guard, who
under orders from former Chinese leader
Mao Zedong, terrified and butchered
many Chinese scholars and wealthy
class members during the Chinese
Cultural Revolution. After Mao died in
1976, most of the Red Guard members
were sent to camps to be “re-educated.”
At many of these deadly camps, they
were tortured and starved. Due to their
terrifying reputation and military skill, a
number of them escaped and made their
way to Hong Kong, where they either
obtained or forged fake documents that
got them to Canada.

After infiltrating many major Canadian
and American cities, the Big Circle Boys
have established themselves as lethal and
dangerous force, with a strong penchant
for violence. Some of their many crimes
include drug trafficking, by far their
most profitable enterprise. As Vancouver
is a port town, it has been easy for the
Big Circle Boys to ship heroin here from
China. They also sell cocaine, ecstasy,
and marijuana grown and made right
here in BC.

Another business that the Big Circle
Boys are involved in is loan sharking.
Their loan sharks hang around casinos
all over Canada and the United States,
where they charge outrageous interest
rates for gambling money. The Big Circle
Boys are also known to run a variety of
profitable credit card and money fraud
scams. They have stolen vehicles on
this continent and then shipped them out
to Asia for redistribution on the black
market. Another facet of their criminal
empire is smuggling people into Canada.
Many of China’s poor pay astronomical