Johnny Eng
{{Short description|Drug trafficer}}
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| birth_place = Hong Kong
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| alias = Onionhead, Machinegun Johnny
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| conviction = *14 counts of heroin smuggling
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| occupation = Triad member
| spouse = Lori Eng (d. 2011)
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Johnny Eng (born ca. 1958) ({{zh|c=伍少衡|j=ng5 siu3 hang4}}), also known as Onionhead ({{zh|c=蔥頭|j=cung1 tau4}}) or Machinegun Johnny,{{cite journal | title = A New Gang's Violent Role in Chinatown | journal = New York Times | date = 4 Mar 1989 | page = 29 | last = Butterfield | first = Fox |author-link = Fox Butterfield|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/04/nyregion/a-new-gang-s-violent-role-in-chinatown.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220192629/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/04/nyregion/a-new-gang-s-violent-role-in-chinatown.html|archive-date= December 20, 2022}} is a Chinese-american gang leader and drug trafficker. Eng was the former head (dai-lo) of the Flying Dragons gang in New York City.
Criminal history
Eng was arrested at least five times in the 1970s on various criminal charges. In 1983, Eng became the leader of the Flying Dragons.{{cite book|last=Chin|first=Ko-lin|title=Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity|url=https://archive.org/details/chinatowngangsex0000chin|url-access=registration|accessdate=21 October 2011|date=16 February 2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-513627-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/chinatowngangsex0000chin/page/153 153]}} By 1988, he had moved into the heroin trade in Manhattan's Chinatown. A confidential report issued by the Justice Department called Eng "one of the five major heroin dealers in New York City."
Eng, a native of Hong Kong,{{cite journal | journal = New York Times | title = Ex-Head of Chinatown Gang Is Guilty of Leading Drug Ring | date = 15 December 1992 | page = B3 | last = Lubasch | first = Arnold H.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/15/nyregion/ex-head-of-chinatown-gang-is-guilty-of-leading-drug-ring.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225024912/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/15/nyregion/ex-head-of-chinatown-gang-is-guilty-of-leading-drug-ring.html|archive-date=December 25, 2022}} fled back there in 1989 to avoid prosecution. He was arrested there later that year. Eng fought extradition for nearly three years, but was brought to the United States in 1991.{{cite journal | journal = New York Times | title = Chinatown Gang Leader to Be Returned to U.S | date = 12 April 1994 | page = B1 | last = Faison | first = Seth|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210125150/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/12/nyregion/chinatown-gang-leader-to-be-returned-to-us.html|archive-date=December 10, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/12/nyregion/chinatown-gang-leader-to-be-returned-to-us.html}} In December 1992, Eng was convicted of 14 counts of heroin smuggling and conspiracy.
In March 1993, Eng was sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined $3,500,000 by Federal District Court judge Reena Raggi.{{cite journal | journal = New York Times | date = 7 March 1993 | page = 43 | title = Reputed Gang Leader Gets Prison Term|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/07/nyregion/reputed-gang-leader-gets-prison-term.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117095432/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/07/nyregion/reputed-gang-leader-gets-prison-term.html|archive-date=January 17, 2018}} The government also confiscated Eng's 200-acre estate in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, which was reported to have been used for machine gun practice by members of the Flying Dragons.{{cite journal | journal = New York Times | title = 33 Suspected Chinatown Gang Members Are Indicted: Racketeering charges are called major blow to the Flying Dragons | date = 22 November 1994 | page = B1 | last = James | first = George|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603170426/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/22/nyregion/33-suspected-chinatown-gang-members-are-indicted.html|archive-date=June 3, 2022|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/22/nyregion/33-suspected-chinatown-gang-members-are-indicted.html}}{{Cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/951/461/258111/|title=United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Johnny Eng, Claimant-appellant, certain Real Property and Premises, Known as 218 Pantherstreet Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, 69 Gauldy Avenue, Statenisland, New York, and 21 Norman Drive, Staten Island, Newyork, Certain Honda All-terrain Vehicles, Yamahasnowmobiles, a Certain Yong Chang, G185 Piano, Serial Number004201, Defendants, 951 F.2d 461 (2d Cir. 1991)|access-date=2016-03-17|archive-date=2017-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908021548/http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/951/461/258111/|url-status=live}} He was released several years early on 8 November 2010.
Murder of wife
On July 13, 2011, Eng's wife Lori Eng ({{zh|c=伍羅美玲}}) was fatally shot by another Flying Dragons member, David Chea ({{zh|c=謝錦徵}}), at her apartment in Flushing, Queens, New York. Chea then committed suicide.{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/heated_argument_leads_to_murder_7DDY1NQ6T7en6ATIE6pjgN|publisher=New York Post|title=Heated argument ends in murder-suicide in Queens|date=14 July 2011|first=Lorena |last=Mongelli|accessdate=11 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002050/http://nypost.com/2011/07/14/heated-argument-ends-in-murder-suicide-in-queens/|archive-date= March 4, 2016}}
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Category:American drug traffickers
Category:American crime bosses
Category:People from Chinatown, Manhattan
Category:Hong Kong emigrants to the United States
Category:American gangsters of Chinese descent
Category:Criminals from Manhattan