Cheung Tze-keung | |
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| 張子強 | |
| Born | 7 April 1955 Yulin, Guangxi, China[citation needed] |
| Died | 5 December 1998 (aged 43) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Other names | Big Spender (大富豪) |
| Occupation | Gangster |
| Known for | Kidnapping Walter Kwok and Victor Li |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張子強 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张子强 | ||||||||||
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Cheung Tze-keung (7 April 1955 – 5 December 1998) was a notorious Hong Kong gangster also known as "Big Spender" (Chinese: 大富豪; pinyin: dà fùháo; Jyutping: daai6 fu3 hou4). He was a kidnapper, robber, arms smuggler and was wanted for murder.[1] He was best known for having masterminded the abduction of Walter Kwok and Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, son of Li Ka-Shing.
He was sentenced to death by a court in Guangzhou and was executed by firing squad on 5 December 1998 (aged 43).[2]
- ^ Lee, Stella (19 August 1998). "Police plan to seize assets of 'Big Spender". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ Lo, Clifford (11 March 2011). "How Big Spender abducted two of HK's tycoons". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 December 2014.