Ye Jihuan was arrested and imprisoned. April 20 17 19 died in Hong Kong at the age of 55.
Ye Jihuan, 196 1 was born in Haifeng, Guangdong Province in June, and 17 years old came to Hong Kong illegally. He worked as an apprentice, porter and decorator in fan factory, electronics factory and watch factory. In order to pay off the huge gambling debt, he became a robber.
1984 10, 23-year-old Ye Jihuan robbed a jewelry store with several associates, and in one day, he joined hands with armed Jingfu jewelry store in Tsim Sha Tsui and Dixintong watch store in Central to take away a lot of stolen goods.
The police chief of the Public Security Intelligence Bureau disguised himself as a buyer to collect stolen goods. He arrived at the Central Plaza in Wan Chai with three colleagues at that time, withdrew 654.38 million yuan in cash, and successfully arrested Ye during the inventory.
1On August 4th, 989, Ye Jihuan lied about abdominal pain while serving his sentence in Stanley Prison. When he was sent to Queen Mary Hospital for examination, he took the opportunity to rush out of the hospital gate and took the 6-year-old son of a truck driver hostage, and successfully escaped.
199/kloc-0 On June 9th, 2000, Ye Jihuan led four gangsters, each armed with four AK-47 automatic rifles and several pistols, wearing bulletproof vests, first hijacked a van and hostages in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, and then drove to Wuhua Street in Kwun Tong, robbing five jewelry shops in succession.
During this period, the robbers had a fierce gun battle with the police who rounded up the scene. The two sides exchanged more than 40 shots. Finally, the robbers managed to escape, and the escape route was clean and neat. After counting, the total value of the robbed gold ornaments was 6.5438+million yuan.
1993 65438+1At noon on October 6, Ye Jihuan robbed Xie Ruilin Gold Store in Nathan Road, Mong Kok, and then took away the gold ornaments with a market value of more than 3 million yuan, and exchanged fire with the police 12 guns.
This scene was filmed by a nearby citizen with a camcorder and broadcast on the news of Hong Kong TV that night. As a result, Ye Jihuan became an instant hit. He took AK-47 and became a typical representative image of Hong Kong's "gangster". This scene can be seen in many online videos so far.
However, during the exchange of fire between the robbers and the police, a pregnant female nurse was killed by stray bullets. This scene was also recorded and broadcast by the public. The ferocity and arrogance of gangsters and the casualties of innocent citizens shocked Hong Kong.
6543810.9, Ye Jihuan and seven gangsters armed with two AK47 automatic rifles and pistols robbed two gold shops on Tai Po Road, and * * * robbed more than 7 million yuan of gold ornaments. During this period, they fired more than 60 shots at the police and three people were injured.
Faced with these fierce fugitives, the Hong Kong police listed Ye Jihuan as the most wanted man, wanted him for HK$/kloc-0.0 million, while Ye Jihuan secretly fled back to the mainland, changed his name and surname, started a business, and even met Zhang Ziqiang, the thief of the century.
1996 13 In May, Ye Jihuan and two accomplices fled back to Hong Kong with a large number of guns and explosives, and planned to kidnap Li Zeju, the eldest son of Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, together with Zhang Ziqiang. Unexpectedly, when landing in the western district of Hong Kong, I accidentally met three uniformed policemen patrolling and there was a gun battle between the two sides. Ye Jihuan was shot in the lower body and escaped.
Ye Jihuan was sentenced to 4 1 year and 3 months in prison for the crime of illegal possession of a gun and resisting arrest with a gun, and was sentenced to 36 years and 3 months after appeal. Although he was arrested and imprisoned, 10 days later, his men were still involved in the kidnapping case in Li Zeju planned by Zhang Ziqiang.
In 2003, Ye Jihuan married a mainland woman in prison. In 2004, he was baptized by Christianity. 20 10 He replied to the Christian magazine Heart of Angels with a five-page personal letter and shared his experience of becoming a "thief king".
20 17 On April 9th, Ye Jihuan died in the detention ward of Queen Mary Hospital at the age of 56 due to the worsening of lung cancer. With his death, film and television dramas based on him, such as Fierce Bandits and Building a Tree to Catch the Wind, have been released one after another, reappearing the criminal history of a generation of "thief king" Ye Jihuan.