Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, born Kwok Cheung (Chinese: 周國祥) in 1960 in Hong Kong,[1] is a Chinese American former triad member who once was the second-highest ranking member of the American branch of the Hong Kong-based triad Wo Hop To.[2] Before his association with Wo Hop To, he was the leader of the Hop Sing Boys, a San Francisco Chinatown street gang that has been described as "enforcers for the Hop Sing Tong",[3] where he was involved in the Golden Dragon massacre in 1977.[1]
Convicted in 1995, Chow was sentenced to 24 years on six counts of gun-trafficking.[2] When Peter Chong was captured, he cooperated with authorities and testified against his former boss in Wo Hop To and was released after serving 11 years on his sentence. He now professes to live a law-abiding life, and is currently the head of Hung Moon Ghee Kong Tong, a fraternal association in San Francisco sometimes referred to as the Chinese Freemasons.[1]
He is a former associate of Norman Hsu,[4] later convicted of fraud, whom he reportedly kidnapped in order to extort money that Hsu had lost in a business transaction.[5][6]