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The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Inside The Chinese Mafia: Triad Member Explains How Chinese Organized Crime Works | The Connect

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

True Crime

4.3563 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

As a young immigrant child in New York City's Chinatown, Jimmy "Bighead" Tsui quickly became immersed in the gang world of the Lower East Side. He quickly rose the ranks and soon became an associate of the Chinese Mafia in Hong Kong moving drugs in and out of the country. He joins the show to breakdown exactly how Chinese gangs operated in the US and Hong Kong before he left the life of crime, became a volunteer police officer, and started being a positive influence on the youth in the neighborhood that raised him. Check Out Chinatown Gang Stories! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ @chinatowngangstories   IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinatowngangstories/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/ @chinatowngangstories  This Episode Is Brought To You By The Following Sponsors: HelloFresh: https://www.hellofresh.com/50connect Promo Code: 50CONNECT BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/connect Promo Code: CONNECT Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I've dedicated my life to is revenge. A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel. They think they're better than us. Who do you think you are? I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong. She's punishing me. You destroyed my family. I will not rest until I've destroyed yours. A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9. What's up everyone? I'm coming on the road to do stand-up. October 12th, I'll be in Toledo, October 15th. I'll be at hilarities in Cleveland. November 1st, I will be at the Stress Factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. November 2nd, I will be in New Brunswick, New Jersey. On the 5th of November, I'm going to be at the New York Comedy Club

0:39.1

doing the New York Comedy Festival right here in New York City. November 15th, I'm in Dallas

0:45.0

at Hyenas. November 16th, I'm in Austin at the Vulcan. Do not miss that one. On December 14th,

0:51.9

I'm in San Diego. And on December 21st, Zanis in Chicago, this is a big one. On December 14th, I'm in San Diego, and on December 21st, Zanies in Chicago. This is a big one.

0:58.4

I got a lot of fans in Shytown. Come out to that. Let's pack it out. Get your tickets at

1:03.2

johnny mitchell.biz. All right, let's get into the episode. I saw a lot of people,

1:08.4

you know, a lot of people standing over there and shook over there. So So I was curious and then I went up and I saw my friends lying on the fall. And then I pushed out of people. I was going in, like, what happened, what happened? And at that time he's still breathing. The cops said, what happened, what happened? And then I said, my friends got stabbed. You guys, today I talk to Jimmy Sue, aka Bighead.

1:29.0

Jimmy is one of the original Chinese gangsters of Chinatown right here in New York City.

1:36.0

He joined the Tongon Street Gang when he was only 14 years old.

1:40.6

He was getting in shootouts when he was in high school, in the middle of the street.

1:46.0

He was extorting businesses. He was running gambling operations.

1:48.0

Then in the 80s, he was involved with the Chinese gangs of Chinatown importing raw heroin from Thailand, China White.

1:58.0

He was also sending Coke back to Hong Kong where he's originally from.

2:02.6

I mean, this guy has done it all.

2:05.0

He finally got out of the game right before a big Rico case came down and he's fully

2:10.6

legit now.

2:11.4

He's got a great channel called Chinatown Gang Stories.

2:14.7

Go check that out.

2:16.0

This guy is real OG, respected on the streets of new york

2:20.2

you've seen him on vlad tv before this guy was one of the best guests we've ever had it was

2:25.5

unbelievable and we got bonus episode footage with him he's telling us stuff that he could never

2:31.6

tell the general public so if you want to hear, go check it out on patreon.com slash the Connect show for that bonus footage.

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