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Triad recuitment process as tough as nails
A 26-year-old Taiwanese triad
divison leader surnamed Lui
started a new triad division in taipei two years ago.
Members were recuited via the web
and are involved in retrieving protection money,
scamming gamblers, and debt collection.
The division leader and 11 other accomplices
were apprehended by the police yesterday.
Police discovered that this organisation's
recruitment has a tough selection process,
almost like selecting for a model.
For example members have to be over 170cm.
Being too fat or too short
would get them eliminated from the selection.
Members are required to run around 2 miles weekly
and do heavy weight training.
They also have to learn hand to hand combat skills
in hopes of overwhelming mutiple opponents.
Being part of the triad requires members to have a chizzled body
and 6 pack abdominals.
They also have to be clothed in name brands,
keeping up with the lastest fashion.
Yesterday, prosecutors
took multiple paths,
storming their hideouts and gathering spots.
Police managed to retrieve receipts, promissory notes, weapons
and the group's namecard as evidence of their crimes.
Prosecutor: "They train their bodies
in order to maintain their fighting abilities at all times
and to strike fear amongst the public"
"and to challenge other triad groups,
or use force to collect debt if necessary."
But,
no matter how great your body looks,
how great you can fight
or how great you look,
it's still difficult to escape the law.
The group was apprehended
and convicted on mutiple charges of criminal activity.
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