
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The federal judge hearing the organized crime and corruption case involving suspended state Senator Leland Yee and convicted Chinatown gang leader Raymond ‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow on Wednesday denied a request to lift a gag order.
Chow’s legal team had hoped lifting the gag order would allow them to present their side of the story in the media.
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The allegations against Chow in this case did not include either gang or firearm charges, for example, Briggs said.
“There was a lot of bad press in the beginning. It was a convoluted, complicated indictment. It wasn’t clear to a lot of people.”
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