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'White Wolf' gang leader held after 17 years on run

A Taiwanese gang leader who has been on the island's most wanted list since he fled to the Chinese mainland 17 years ago was arrested on arrival at a Taipei airport on a flight from Shanghai yesterday, police said.

Chang An-lo, nicknamed "White Wolf," is a key member of the Bamboo Union - one of Taiwan's biggest gangs.

"Chang An-lo of the Bamboo Union has returned to Taiwan to turn himself in ... the Criminal Investigation Bureau and the airport police immediately handcuffed and arrested Chang when he stepped out the plane at Songshan Airport," police said.

Chang, 65, was born in the mainland and moved to Taiwan with his family in 1949. He joined the Bamboo Union as a teenager and climbed his way to the top, according to Taiwanese media.

He fled Taipei in 1996 after being implicated in blackmailing. While on the mainland, Chang was reportedly running a business and set up an association to advocate peaceful reunification of the mainland and Taiwan.

Television footage showed hundreds of his supporters gathered outside Taipei's Songshan Airport yesterday amid heavy police presence.

Chang had said in Shanghai that he intended to return to Taiwan to promote his political ideals, Taipei-based "Central News Agency" reported.

More than 700 people attended a farewell banquet for Chang in Shanghai on Friday night, according to Taiwan's Apple Daily newspaper.




 

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