Sure, he had a smile on his face. You forgot to say, "unless you were a Chinese restaurant owner ". Great he has stopped the nasty life and seems now to have a moral compass. So that's a positive .
I know this guy from the car audio world, he used to build some really loud car's back in the day, i had no idea his past life was like this, he was always extremely nice friendly and helpfull but you could also tell by the way he carried himself he just had something about him like he knew how to handle himself , not even in a tough guy way its hard to explain but it all makes sense now,
99% of trained professional atheletes are finishing this dude no problem, even with a machete, dont undestestimate the abilities of high lvl atheletes, its not because they dont steal and dont beat up anybody that they cant defend themselves or even inflict damage.. The lvl of street fighters is and always will be below the lvl of fighting of professional atheletes. But why these dudes are pretty effective, it's because 1. They are rarely alone unlike yourself 2. They hit you when you expect it the less and with the most brutality. All they care about is efficiency.
I love how they've had to pop subtitles on for a British accent 😂 I can see how it could be tough for those not used to it, but it's still funny to see.
Triads have had a presence in Ireland since the late 50s. Extremely rare you ever hear anything about them. You see them often enough if you know where to look, but rarely hear about them since they mostly interact with their own community.
@@AlphonseWeebay It is his real name. Chinese and other Asian people give their kids 'Western' names when they move to a country to use outside, in school and work etc and it's on birth certificates. In the home they would use their Asian namse with family and outside they would use their Western names. Even Chinese people who learn English, use the same 'Western' name all the time when abroad or during English lessons. I have Chinese friends who grew up in the UK and in the past I have taught English online for a number of years to many Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean students also
My grandfather was connected to the Triads in NY and Hong Kong he was in the "import and export" business. He was a large white man who spoke Taiwanese and Cantonese. You would never know it by looking at him. He's passed away now. But one of the things I loved as a teen was when he would go to Hong Kong he would have someone shop for me and he'd bring back huge suitcases of clothes and shoes for me and it so exciting (it's a girl thing). I wouldn't know what he was involved with for over 60yrs until he passed and who showed up an the hundreds of white envelopes full of money. They respected him. My family was told to reach if we ever needed anything. My dad and my stepmother knew what he did but not any of us kids. I miss him so much, he was so wise. My father and I always bumped heads, by grandfather would say let her show her stubborn will, it will lead her in life. He was right, it just took a while to get there. ❤
I’m from Newcastle and my neighbours are Asian. They even own their own Chinese Takeaway. Proper nice people to be honest. The Dad/Husband looks like he could defo beat people up, however he’s super pleasant to talk to. Makes me wonder now…
I wish this guy would talk more about the Triads in Leicester Square Chinatown Central London, always heard about them during the 1990s when i was at the arcades down there on the weekends.
I grew up in Hong Kong. We had an older friend who looked out for us. He was a triad member but to us he was just a good guy. Always had money and loved to spoil us
I had a neighbour once and he seems like a nice guy. Smiles and greets everyone like a normal person. You can tell that there was something different with him because he has a shaved head, wears long sleeve shirts (but in a neat way) and he says he works at a noodle factory. He was driving nice cars at that time and we thought he’s a businessman. What was interesting is a fellow from Macau recognized him and he told us that our neighbour was having legal troubles and is in exile.
being asian in the western was tough growing up. and if you were a confident standup guy, everyone on the block will constantly undermine you. Mob mentality
@@sk190yeah you know people can change right? Go on a dark path and go on a good one? Crazy I know. Many people have had the same life as Richard and are good people now and hold many regrets and in the process of righting their wrongs
Thanks for sharing your story Richard, powerful message to the youth that a life of crime is paved with misery and darkness. Good luck for the future, and your spiritual journey.
Triads are everywhere. Seen a bunch of them arming up in a carpark in Christchurch New Zealand back in the mid 2000s. Talked about but no-one knew anything about them. Saw them in action taking over pokie parlours when the jackpot was due to go off. They had a money man who dished out the cash to pump into all the machines and 20 or so soldiers who played the machines. 2 big muscle who stood over us until we got the hint and left. They won the jackpot 5 mins later and left. Probably rolled 20 or 30 pokie pubs that night. 110% underground in nz. Only pop up when a hit goes wrong. One thing for sure is all the gangs like the infamous mongrel mob or black poweror Aussie biker gangs are run by the triads. All the meth is run through Tonga because the Chinese checkmated tonga and now own the port to the point where its chinese sovereignty so Chinese officials at the port. Very patient, very polite, very cunning, very respectful
damn, his stories reminded me of the 90s in montreal, gang fights with machetes lol, seen that. Not many ppl with guns back then, especially younger ppl.
I was in a club around 1993 ish , just left rage at heaven , and went to a afters club , the last thing you need to see when your off your head , is a load of triads fighting with machetes 😮😮😮😮😮🤦🏻♂️😂
Great story i find it dreadful they extort their own community like people that own restaurants when it's hard enough for them. Like many other organisations do to there own community who are poor or suffer enough.
SW is Shing Wo, also said as Wo Shing Wo and Wo Shing. 勝 Shing 和 Wo means harmonious victory or victory in harmony, depending on the order of the words. This triad is almost a hundred years old out of Hong Kong. One of the top 3 triads ever.
Proper interesting video and for those skeptical (ignorant) ppl... every british chinese family's parents or uncles or aunties will have stories about the triads in the old days in some way in London, Manchester, Leeds etc. Running restaurants, bars, protection rackets, lion dancing etc...
I like how Richard described the triads as a "Government thing". Who better to compare the 2 things than a litteral triad enforcer. Dont see many MPs comparing parliament to triad tho.
I don't know how all this works but is it possible to have the subtitles in the closed captions option instead of hardcoded? I can understand this gentleman very easily but always find my eye drawn to the subtitles and away from the man himself. Either way, these are great interviews!
The real message is about how the gang life is not worth it and changing his life for the better. Richard doesn’t need to prove his badness for anyone. If you ask anyone in 14k in the 90s and SW they’d tell you about Vietnam Richard / Ugly.
UK's branches of the 14K and Wo Shing Wo were notorious in the late 80s/90s. Knew a few dai-los in HK who said even they wouldn't wanna go over to the UK back then (even if they were from the same gang).
@ "dai-lo" in this sense means boss or "OG" but its just slang for older brother. the triads refer to themselves as a brotherhood, hence the fraternal motif in lingo
@ blue lanterns are uninitiated prospects, so not truly members. made members are called "49" (四九仔）, who have taken the 36 oaths and went through the initiation ceremony.
As a kid I remember seeing loads of Triads around Namco wonderpark and Funland Trocedero. You could tell they were triads from their slick haircuts and cool clothes.
Sounds like my childhood you dont realize how rough places are until things change, for me getting beaten up by older guys was fairly normal ! daily threats of beatings, gangs lol ! i didnt even realize until 25 years later how crazy it was and how most of the uk isnt like that !
Feel like this guy was wasted in crime. If these types joined the army and went SF instead. I watch a lot of SAS interviews, and the vibe and affect are so similar. Guys's a proper geezer, too.
Was you part of the “baggy boys” in the 90s? I used to visit my Chinese cousins in London in the summers and they used to tell me stories about the “baggy boys”
Thank you to Richard for taking part in this episode. You can follow him on Instagram here @richardduongmdk
Oh damn, I know this guy. See him around East London. Always with a smile on his face and joking around with people. A good guy.
Sure, he had a smile on his face. You forgot to say, "unless you were a Chinese restaurant owner ". Great he has stopped the nasty life and seems now to have a moral compass. So that's a positive .
That never happened, this is an NPC comment to get attention.
@@maher39maher36people do change
where in east london like newham hackney?
@ he’s lying there is always that one guy in the comment section
My husband is friends with Richard and he says Richard has had a hard life, always fighting in gangs..we are happy he has found peace.
He eats bats
@@SparkleSurprise-nv5di Steamed or stir-fried?
@@SparkleSurprise-nv5di Y'all eat jellied eel and haggis 🤢🤮
I know this guy from the car audio world, he used to build some really loud car's back in the day, i had no idea his past life was like this, he was always extremely nice friendly and helpfull but you could also tell by the way he carried himself he just had something about him like he knew how to handle himself , not even in a tough guy way its hard to explain but it all makes sense now,
BULLSHIT
Behind his smile and friendly demeanor, you can sense an aura on him. The “I can send you to meet your maker if you want to” kind of aura.
Probably the hardest I’ve ever cringed at a comment cheers mate xx
@@Radiuhh 🤣🤣🤣
@@Radiuhhlmfaoooooooo 😂😂😂😂
99% of trained professional atheletes are finishing this dude no problem, even with a machete, dont undestestimate the abilities of high lvl atheletes, its not because they dont steal and dont beat up anybody that they cant defend themselves or even inflict damage.. The lvl of street fighters is and always will be below the lvl of fighting of professional atheletes. But why these dudes are pretty effective, it's because
1. They are rarely alone unlike yourself
2. They hit you when you expect it the less and with the most brutality. All they care about is efficiency.
I love how they've had to pop subtitles on for a British accent 😂 I can see how it could be tough for those not used to it, but it's still funny to see.
Geezer talks fast tho innit?
Yeah it's the British accent... Not the Chinese accent mixed with a English accent and how fast he speaks
@@BeeDotEeeYeah I'm English and I was struggling to keep up. 😅 I even tried putting it on 0.75 speed. 😂😂
Talks way ttoo fast
@@simojovic6358 well no. he talks like he talks. I can totally understand him and I'm on the other side of the planet. Agreeing with op.
First time I've ever turned playback speed DOWN...
0.85x is perfect!
This made me LOL
i didnt even realise how fast he was talking until i saw this
Triads have had a presence in Ireland since the late 50s. Extremely rare you ever hear anything about them. You see them often enough if you know where to look, but rarely hear about them since they mostly interact with their own community.
Real badman. Richard is well known. Guy is not bullshitting.
His real name ain’t no Richard 😂
@@AlphonseWeebayhaha you don’t say ALPHONSE WEEBAY 🤡
@@AlphonseWeebayvalidates it even more. Why would anyone that knows him give his real name out if he didn’t
@@AlphonseWeebay It is his real name. Chinese and other Asian people give their kids 'Western' names when they move to a country to use outside, in school and work etc and it's on birth certificates. In the home they would use their Asian namse with family and outside they would use their Western names. Even Chinese people who learn English, use the same 'Western' name all the time when abroad or during English lessons. I have Chinese friends who grew up in the UK and in the past I have taught English online for a number of years to many Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean students also
@@AlphonseWeebayI believe it's pronounced 'Witchaww'
Make the most of your life now Richard. I'm glad you found peace. Legend.
Respect
And the restaurant owners
@Hoxton66 . Well said.
Richard is a legend. Met him a few times in london during my audiophile days. Top lad
Is he into Chi Fi IEM's?
I wouldn’t advertise being a audiophile!
My grandfather was connected to the Triads in NY and Hong Kong he was in the "import and export" business. He was a large white man who spoke Taiwanese and Cantonese. You would never know it by looking at him. He's passed away now. But one of the things I loved as a teen was when he would go to Hong Kong he would have someone shop for me and he'd bring back huge suitcases of clothes and shoes for me and it so exciting (it's a girl thing). I wouldn't know what he was involved with for over 60yrs until he passed and who showed up an the hundreds of white envelopes full of money. They respected him. My family was told to reach if we ever needed anything. My dad and my stepmother knew what he did but not any of us kids. I miss him so much, he was so wise. My father and I always bumped heads, by grandfather would say let her show her stubborn will, it will lead her in life. He was right, it just took a while to get there. ❤
😅99
Another cool story that never happened
Cool story, what did you make of your life?
@@vitalis I made my career in logistics.
Why can't you believe people live a life off of a computer? @@mb0ypwnj00
I’m from Newcastle and my neighbours are Asian. They even own their own Chinese Takeaway. Proper nice people to be honest. The Dad/Husband looks like he could defo beat people up, however he’s super pleasant to talk to. Makes me wonder now…
Never complain about the portions, youll be fine👍
@@kevshekand keep the music down at night 😂
Look out for pointing tea pots
@joelh90ua ya ya ya an fly rice😆
I wish this guy would talk more about the Triads in Leicester Square Chinatown Central London, always heard about them during the 1990s when i was at the arcades down there on the weekends.
Trocodiro
If anything there were more triads around into the late 2000s when the Trocadero had turned a bit crappy
They got battered by local white gangs
Yep remember that in the 90s and 00s. Loads of stories about Triads in central Leicester SQ
I wish he would talk a little slower. It was a bit too fast for me to take it all in.
I know this guy. I’ve met him many times. He’s ok, he’s a good guy, with probably many faults. But definitely worth listening to. Peace
Nonsense
Richard is the real deal.
I grew up in Hong Kong. We had an older friend who looked out for us. He was a triad member but to us he was just a good guy. Always had money and loved to spoil us
Guys in the life might be the best lads ever with the biggest heart
@ANDREFAIDA yeah that's it hey
I love this channel. Just stumbled across it this morning! Great stories with my morning coffee.
Thanks for sharing!
All the best to you on your path out of the dark.
I had a neighbour once and he seems like a nice guy. Smiles and greets everyone like a normal person. You can tell that there was something different with him because he has a shaved head, wears long sleeve shirts (but in a neat way) and he says he works at a noodle factory. He was driving nice cars at that time and we thought he’s a businessman. What was interesting is a fellow from Macau recognized him and he told us that our neighbour was having legal troubles and is in exile.
Arghhhhhh BULLSHIT
Asalaamualaikum my brother, enjoyed this episode. Much respect to both of you.
Did he revert?
Yes@@GorillazINmist
being asian in the western was tough growing up. and if you were a confident standup guy, everyone on the block will constantly undermine you. Mob mentality
Went school with this brudda. He didn’t speak much English but understood everything. Met him in year 5. Was a good guy
What’s you’re definition of “good”. He’s clearly a bad man
@@sk190yeah you know people can change right? Go on a dark path and go on a good one? Crazy I know. Many people have had the same life as Richard and are good people now and hold many regrets and in the process of righting their wrongs
This guy said he had fear for nothing and the look in his eyes showed it.
We all fear something.
Who are you?????
he is your mother
Thanks for sharing your story Richard, powerful message to the youth that a life of crime is paved with misery and darkness. Good luck for the future, and your spiritual journey.
Triads are everywhere. Seen a bunch of them arming up in a carpark in Christchurch New Zealand back in the mid 2000s. Talked about but no-one knew anything about them. Saw them in action taking over pokie parlours when the jackpot was due to go off. They had a money man who dished out the cash to pump into all the machines and 20 or so soldiers who played the machines. 2 big muscle who stood over us until we got the hint and left. They won the jackpot 5 mins later and left. Probably rolled 20 or 30 pokie pubs that night. 110% underground in nz. Only pop up when a hit goes wrong. One thing for sure is all the gangs like the infamous mongrel mob or black poweror Aussie biker gangs are run by the triads. All the meth is run through Tonga because the Chinese checkmated tonga and now own the port to the point where its chinese sovereignty so Chinese officials at the port. Very patient, very polite, very cunning, very respectful
early 2000s yes, but they're very low profile nowadays and a dying breed
Farrrrk up too much grid Sparta and Netflix.
@ScaroMK 😂 You obviously know fark all about anything
Golden triangle feeds the south pacific 🤙
Auckland too.
This guy is a legend he’s a good man ❤
Opposite of a good man to be honest
Lol...were you watching something different?
Wow!! Great life story. I lived in South West London for years, and didn't see this side of it. Thank you.
A real OG ! Keep the stories coming!
❤ thank you for sharing your story . Hopefully this will educate the youth on whats up
damn, his stories reminded me of the 90s in montreal, gang fights with machetes lol, seen that. Not many ppl with guns back then, especially younger ppl.
I was in a club around 1993 ish , just left rage at heaven , and went to a afters club , the last thing you need to see when your off your head , is a load of triads fighting with machetes 😮😮😮😮😮🤦🏻♂️😂
Especially when you are tripping out,😂
I pray for you my brother! You are a good man!
Great story i find it dreadful they extort their own community like people that own restaurants when it's hard enough for them. Like many other organisations do to there own community who are poor or suffer enough.
My guy!! We class him as our own 💯
Looking forward to seeing Richard in a few months when he answers the same questions again in honesty box
SW is Shing Wo, also said as Wo Shing Wo and Wo Shing. 勝 Shing 和 Wo means harmonious victory or victory in harmony, depending on the order of the words. This triad is almost a hundred years old out of Hong Kong. One of the top 3 triads ever.
&14k???
@@Amarspeedy123 In no order, SW, 14K, Sun See On the top 3.
Proper interesting video and for those skeptical (ignorant) ppl... every british chinese family's parents or uncles or aunties will have stories about the triads in the old days in some way in London, Manchester, Leeds etc. Running restaurants, bars, protection rackets, lion dancing etc...
Lion dancing into a gang fight.
Haha so true! 😂😂😂 boasting stories
Wo Shing Wo was no joke up here in Manchester
Good man. Testimonies of change hold immense power.
Need a second part of this!
Fascinating, I've always been curious about the triads
Another actor on you tube. It's all fake
@@steph7960 100% fake
I like how Richard described the triads as a "Government thing". Who better to compare the 2 things than a litteral triad enforcer. Dont see many MPs comparing parliament to triad tho.
A great video, hats of to Richard, I hope you have found peace :)
i notice that with tough people. they don't want to fight but they had too
Circumstances 🙏. Not everyone is born in a good life. But im glad we walked through it ..came out clean and good.
I really liked this guys story
Very insightful, thank you for sharing your story
Was not expecting him to sound like that haha! Great listen!
Richard was neighbour for a few years, Proper solid Brother! 💯💯
Thank you for the subtitles lol
When you fight someone you communicate in a deeper way than words. This is why after fights enemies can become friends.
"One time, the penguin invited me to a gold summit, and we cracked a beer open together"
Thanks for sharing
He's learnt a lot in life ✌️
One of the first times I’ve not needed the subtitles, wacky
I’m sincerely glad he found a belief that carried him to a higher place
I remember him. He hasn’t changed glad to see he’s well
Having watched a great crime documentary on triad gangs in the early 90s (Nuns on the Run) I knew Triads in the UK were no joke!😳
The Triads were the only gangsters to scare me without trying. Passing out flyers to a club full of Triads was fun 😂 DTLA
I don't know how all this works but is it possible to have the subtitles in the closed captions option instead of hardcoded?
I can understand this gentleman very easily but always find my eye drawn to the subtitles and away from the man himself.
Either way, these are great interviews!
Great story wish he spoke in more depth lol you can tell he’s holding back a lot
when I close my eyes, I picture Tom Hardy talking when this guy speaks
The real message is about how the gang life is not worth it and changing his life for the better. Richard doesn’t need to prove his badness for anyone. If you ask anyone in 14k in the 90s and SW they’d tell you about Vietnam Richard / Ugly.
I always read the titles to these videos in Jay Cartwrights voice and it makes it funnier
How’s the timing of this videos release alongside Victor Aguilar’s character and plot in The Penguin.
Seems like a really nice man now, but you can for sure tell he's not to be messed with.
amazing guy. he could be an amazing boss in a movie or something.
Or sercrity at Tesco, he scare the shop lifters
For us southern English this is easy to understand and keep up with 😊
This guy become Muslims and changed his life around. Now a man of faith and helping others.
If Tom Hardy was asian
that was a good one
It would be good to get a UK Hells Angel on this as well, they do exist here lol
Thank you for the suggestion!
@@ladbiblestories good snippet into the life of a Triad wicked episode
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"I refuse to join a group that would have me as a member" Groucho
How come you're not viral yet?!
Why does he need to go viral?
Haha
Because he no doctor yet
You have no enemy but yourself to conquer❤🙏
UK's branches of the 14K and Wo Shing Wo were notorious in the late 80s/90s. Knew a few dai-los in HK who said even they wouldn't wanna go over to the UK back then (even if they were from the same gang).
Dai lo means boss correct?
@ "dai-lo" in this sense means boss or "OG" but its just slang for older brother. the triads refer to themselves as a brotherhood, hence the fraternal motif in lingo
@josephfung3058 aaah thanks man that makes alot of sense with the brotherhood agenda. Do they still call the junior members "blue lanterns"?
@ blue lanterns are uninitiated prospects, so not truly members. made members are called "49" (四九仔）, who have taken the 36 oaths and went through the initiation ceremony.
Had to change to watching this on my phone so I could change the playback speed slow
First time I unironically used RUclips's slow-down function.
Glad Richard got out of that life...great video
As a kid I remember seeing loads of Triads around Namco wonderpark and Funland Trocedero.
You could tell they were triads from their slick haircuts and cool clothes.
I remember this too
Sounds like my childhood you dont realize how rough places are until things change, for me getting beaten up by older guys was fairly normal ! daily threats of beatings, gangs lol ! i didnt even realize until 25 years later how crazy it was and how most of the uk isnt like that !
This is my brother great guy, love him
Incredible human. Light feels better once you've seen darkness. Allah guides all to success. One day we will meet my brother with gifts In'sha'Allah
30 virgins..haaa haa allah knows what men likes...clever gang leader
He looks exactly what I’d expect a triad to look like 😂😂
Mashallah - may this brother keep the faith.
His favourite dish is still roast pork! More important than his religion is his character by not following the Sunnahs. Get it right.
He talks faster and better than 90% of British people
I’ve never heard a vietnamese and uk accent mixed together. it sounds hard
This just sounds like UK
It’s East London accent.
The guy speaks super fast... I changed the play back speed to 0.75. All good :)
Those eyes told the truth
We need more triad content
The devil wins well said brother respect ❤
The triads in GTA III were absolutely insane! lil blue trucks 🛻
I'm an Australian and I can understand him easily.
I'd fucking hope so, he's also speaking english you melt
Pack it in with your language, fella @lmhvfd
@@Hoxton66 sorry language police
Same lol
@lmhvfd yet half the comments are english speakers than say they had to slow down the vid
I thought the flaming dragon guy on the phone from tropic thunder 😅
If it were not for the subtitles, I'd be lost. The thick English, with the Asian speed is...WOW fast lmao
The accent is amazing 1:01
Feel like this guy was wasted in crime.
If these types joined the army and went SF instead.
I watch a lot of SAS interviews, and the vibe and affect are so similar.
Guys's a proper geezer, too.
How I miss the hippo drome days🤣🤣🤣
Man’s got a pretty interesting story. Would love to hear more from these ex-Asian gangsters.
Amazed he says he got no pay for anything, you would think he would have been very well paid
Was you part of the “baggy boys” in the 90s? I used to visit my Chinese cousins in London in the summers and they used to tell me stories about the “baggy boys”