From: LA Times
By Lee Romney
Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed at a federal court hearing Thursday that the unwieldy criminal case against suspended state Sen. Leland Yee, Chinatown association leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow and 27 others should be split up before trial.
But they disagreed about when that should occur — with Chow’s attorney in particular pressing for his client and a number of minor defendants to be separated as soon as possible from the higher profile public corruption case against Yee.
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A second criminal enterprise is alleged involving Chow, a convicted felon who serves as the “dragon head” of the Ghee Kung Tong organization; Jackson, a former San Francisco school board member; and 15 others. Related charges include money laundering, trafficking of marijuana and contraband cigarettes and involvement in a murder-for-hire plot that did not come to pass.
