Henry Liu: Difference between revisions

On 15 October 1984, Liu was {{ill|lt=shot to death|assassination of Henry Liu|zh|江南案}} in the garage of his home in [[Daly City, California|Daly City]], [[California]] shortly after 9 a.m.<ref name="Bishop"/><ref name=LAT19850303 /> Helen Cui, Henry's wife, had noticed two Asian men riding bicycles near their house that morning and the morning before; she heard loud noises in the garage and discovered her husband had been killed.<ref name="1985-01-28" /> The assassination had been planned by [[Chen Chi-li]], leader of the Bamboo Union Triad, and carried out by two Bamboo Union members, Wu Tun and [[Tung Kuei-sen]]. Chen was acting on the request of the head of the Kuomintang's Military Intelligence Bureau, Vice Admiral [[Wang Hsi-ling]], who had requested that Liu be "[given] a lesson" after writing articles critical of the Kuomintang government. Wu and Tung cornered Liu in his garage, and the three men struggled, ending after Wu shot Liu in the head and Tung shot Liu twice in the abdomen.