Ang Soon Tong

Ang Soon Tong
Founding locationFederation of Malaya
Years activeAs early as 1950s
TerritoryMalaysia and Singapore
Activities
  • Gun and drugs smuggling and trading
  • Illegal moneylending
  • Illegal gambling
  • Extortion
  • Robbery
Ang Soon Tong
Chinese洪顺堂
Traditional Chinese洪順堂
Simplified Chinese洪顺堂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóng Shùn Táng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHung Shun Tang
Southern Min
Bbánlám PìngyīmAng Soon Tang

Ang Soon Tong (Chinese: 洪顺堂; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng sūn tông) is a secret society based in Singapore and Malaysia. According to a former police officer, the society was active as early as the 1950s, mainly in the Sembawang area.[1] In 1998, a 19-year-old youth was arrested for setting up a website dedicated to the society.[2]

As recently as 2020, Ang Soon Tong is still active, with one of its members sentenced to reformative probation that year for clashing with members of another secret society.[3]

The gang gain profits through illegal activities such as smuggling and trading of gun and drugs, illegal moneylending and illegal gambling.[4]

  1. ^ "Gangland Singapore". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
  2. ^ Mike Magee (31 December 1998). "Triads reach cyberspace". The Register. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
  3. ^ Public Prosecutor v Mohammad Sheikh Ismail bin Abdullah (Singapore District Court 23 August 2004), Text, archived from the original on 10 July 2012.
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