True Crime: 5T and Asian gangs in Australia

[@dazbruh5966]

5t gang style blazer and suit pants with nike tns and long hair with blonde tips lol! Bring back the 90s

[@teecee9026]

Tns were after there time.. more 95s

[@cdub8158]

Hahaha i went to liverpool boys high and that style was the in thing back them. Aussie viet gangster style hahahaha

[@chrisonuttah7546]

No chance they are TNs more like air maxes back then

[@teepot4539]

Tarago and swords

[@miz1206]

Wouldn't be laughing if they had a gun in your face

[@LaIoSaIamanca]

Crazy how Cabramatta looks so much cleaner nowadays, yet everywhere around has gotten worse

[@damiann4734]

I grew up with highschool friends who joined opposing vietnamese gangs to 5t. Some ended up dead, some are drug addicts, some recovering from old injuries that disable them for life. It's a hard. Some of these kids grew up with domestic violence because their fathers were drunks or suffering from ptsd. They were just children whose only family is their friends. At that time, I didn't have the perspective I have now and thought, gangs were a cool thing because no one would pick on you. Luckily my brothers and I we didn't join any gangs and that's maybe because we had a more stable family.

[@edenandelibesties2182]

My brother joined a Vietnamese gang in the 90s in Australia. He was too much of a softie to do anything violent so they left him selling drugs and watching drug houses. Most of his friends died in the early 2000s. He, himself was in and out of prison throughout his twenties and died at 33 in 2012. At his funeral many gang members did attend to show respect. It was fkn weird to have a gang boss express condolences to my mother, even told my mother what a good kid my brother was.

[@DDM_08]

what viet gang was this? cause 5T wouldn’t of been active in 2012

[@queenofthebutterflies5212]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@brandonle2375]

Mad story bro did you write a book

[@alfitty]

I grew up in cabramatta in the 90s. I remember seeing the 5t boys all the time. definitely saw some crazy stuff just by living in cabramatta in the 90s. most people will find it hard to believe these days.

[@7onezil325]

Tell us a story bro!

[@Timerooy]

Do tell what you saw please!

[@hairyscary8511]

As someone in their mid 40s find the comments F'n hilarious & seem to have no idea like this clueless journo 🤣

[@GrahamrobertGoldsworthy-sd5tm]

5T yah bruv 👌 legendary respect them boys bring back the 90s

[@cvumanh]

I remember coming to Australia in 1981, our family was lucky to live in north shore suburb Brookvale. However a group of young (age 18+) Vietnamese boys that use to hang out in Bankstown, rented out a room at my parents apartment. They were very nice to my parents and me. One day in 1983-84 a group of them came back home to my parents place with battle wounds, I assume they were in a gang fight. Then my family move and never seen those boys again. As the years went by, I asked my parents about those boys, one by one in the 1990s my parents updated me of their deaths.

[@tanthaman]

Scary

[@caramello7460]

Brookvale isnt north shore soz.. its northern beaches and one of the worst areas down this side lol

[@thestinkydwarf]

i remember in the late 80s in my high school the Vietnamese and Lebanese kids were in an almost perpetual state of conflict....worst we had was a kid chasing another kid with a machete, lucky for the other kid the machete wielder was a slow runner....another nearby high school was heavily linked with 5T and at that school the kids were known to carry guns...

[@DDM_08]

which highschool was it?

[@thestinkydwarf]

@@DDM_08 Bonnyrigg High was notorious for 5T links back in the 80s

[@traker01mtp]

@@thestinkydwarf I was at Bonnyrigg High from 1989 - 1992. I saw alot of the gang wars.

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

Have you tried running while carrying a machete? Not easy and will slow you down a lot.

[@DDM_08]

Don’t know if Busby was necessarily dangerous, but one of my uncles back then was selling drugs straight on the playgrounds in the 90’s when he was in school and not on the streets 😂 There were instances he had close calls and some kids started overdosin, never traced it back to him somehow and he graduated

[@RompYa]

My brother went to school with a 5T member. Being Asian himself, he was teased by some racist Anglo's. The 5T member heard of this, him and his crew tracked down the racist at a house party and slashed him up in front of party goers outside - making a statement.

[@jetpark3743]

And now in jail

[@tanthaman]

Nice

[@weedtopia4.20]

Asians chop chop Got rice

[@rotkatzeredcat4284]

which is why they weren't welcome in Oz in the first place. Not racism. Logical. And by "they" I mean the criminal Vietnamese element, not the lovely kind and gentle Buddhists.

[@jaygonzales8258]

@@rotkatzeredcat4284 kids and young immigrants hard it tough in those days, where as racism today is just mainly verbal racism back then was quite physical.. the only way to stop racially motivated physical attacks was to be just as physically violent back as a deterrence. this societal racism only created monsters when the deterrence worked and physical racist attacks against them lessened because they were willing to use even more violence than the average racist that wanted to get physical, the youth were hardened enough to become "criminally ambitious".

[@samnewman3123]

5t is still active to this day just not in the limelight as much... original members still doing the same old

[@jasonbachelor604]

To talk Vietnamese gang culture without talking of racist, horrendous politics is to misunderstand these guys entirely. Awesome, family loving human beings.

[@itsactuallymatt1019]

Family loving humans beings with machine guns

[@hochigaming14yearsago90]

@@itsactuallymatt1019 lovely

[@Threefour_opennanoor]

@@itsactuallymatt1019 *cough*Americans*cough*

[@loveroflife8852]

@@Threefour_opennanoor…. Yep, a fellow American coughing right along with you.

[@jpaul2768]

Born/living in a materialistic western world.. parents fled from a country with poverty.. young boys wanting a lavish lifestyle their parents couldnt provide....Demand & Supply... good quality gear at a good price.... the thing is about late 80's early 90's in Cabbra, it was all out in the open... nowdays.. still goes on.. just more descreet..

[@justinwilson2886]

Cabramatta has changed so much!!

[@ems1488]

lol the vietnamese community for those that know are still heavily involved in the drug game. Times may have changed and they may not be called "5T" anymore...but the place is still active, just have to look a little closer.

[@Hans-nx8wr]

Cabra has not changed muched. Things are just hidden

[@finalprophet813]

@@ems1488 they moved from street level to international level Like nearly every ethnicity in Sydney

[@aidanduong1640]

@@ems1488 100

[@fozzybear8878]

Yes- the real estate boom has destroyed any interesting place.

[@chief42]

I lived in Fairfield cabramatta area all my childhood playing on the streets seeing 5t and sing wah and other Asian gang's thay we're always respectful and very nice and that's going from 88 to 98 good old day's respect.💯😎🔥

[@leemo987]

@@flaviogarcia7105 humble yourself brother, that was embarrassing to read

[@leemo987]

@@flaviogarcia7105 era khoma qo theezat babokh

[@flatlinerz]

I met a 5t member in Springvale back in the day, they had Springvale on lock down

[@gangstacrew1564]

Really? I was still playing street fighter down at swans/rockys

[@hope.....7]

In Melbourne?

[@flatlinerz]

@@hope.....7 yes in Melbourne

[@caramello7460]

I know springvale and St Albans area is viet dominated but never knew there were 5T members down in melb aswell

[@JL85757]

what was his name?

[@andrewduggan5095]

I actually had drinks with a 5t member at crown casino in Melbourne he was a polite guy

[@GreyManTheory]

Hahahaha 5T dnt tell you that their 5T. In other words NO you didnt

[@cdub8158]

Most gangsters are

[@tle398]

@@GreyManTheory Not true. It's in the past for many of them. You'd be surprised how many are successful business owners these days

[@tam8641]

Haha, later you will be their member

[@jusmyself2033]

5T still around,YOU JUS DONT KNOW IT, Dave’s boys vs Kahn’s boys ,IYKYK frfr

[@nguyenhung-vg5in]

u mean Dung fatty and Mango Phuoc?

[@DDM_08]

idk if 5t are still around I mean most their leadership were all dead or locked up

[@PhanNguyen-vh6vd]

5T means youths lack of love. Tuổi Trẻ Thiếu Thinh Thương. Bro this undercover cop obviously didn’t connect with the 5Ts very well 😅

[@Ricky_Huynh]

chứ không phải là Tình Tiên Tù Tội và Thù ( cộng sản ) hả ?

[@DDM_08]

@@Ricky_Huynhboth of it is correct.

[@VanTran-ne4yf]

I knew a member of 5T gang, he went to university carry gun, we all scare of him and treated him very nice. At the time , i was worry one of the Aussie professor or lecturer might be shoot if they are racist .

[@jetpark3743]

Why you speak no english

[@nepinfo6635]

@@jetpark3743 pho 🍜 that chick 🐔

[@CJ-jp3zw]

scared*

[@yrsofpain]

@@jetpark3743 ask yo mom

[@konzpect8246]

@@jetpark3743 it's their second language cobba give it a rest

[@dreadpirateroberts2191]

Interviewer wishes she could be anywhere but here

[@Davo-gj7gl]

Cabra in the 90’s good times had by all.

[@JW-rq8qh]

Cabramatta best yum cha! Bring out the Hennessy in the weddings!

[@doingadlay]

Where abouts in Cabra. I'm always keen for yumcha

[@wilsonguo8642]

Vinh phat and viet hoa. Not to mention pork roll at 4am

[@doingadlay]

What about the broken windows ?

[@leonaitasi7421]

@@wilsonguo8642 pork roll after a night out haha 👌🏾👌🏾

[@wilsonguo8642]

@@leonaitasi7421 that’s the bomb uce

[@trentsmith675]

I actually have the chess board which was owned by chew lieu in jail ( the bloke who shot Dr victor Chan ) It's abit macabre but a nice set

[@eljefe2211]

What is the chess board

[@goulashigabor]

This guys luck 5T was around for him to report on, What a life we lived and the rest of the tongs did this guy will never know. 14K/5T were the lives we lived when knowing knew we were reported on.......god bless everyone..

[@Spacecadet09662]

We weren’t a gang we were a group of boys that were misunderstood just trying to survive in a country that the majority didn’t want to accept us.

[@justinwilson2886]

Can you really blame them though?? Look at what 5T did!

[@lukeday3488]

Good excuse, what about your hard working parents?

[@Spacecadet09662]

@@justinwilson2886 it happened way before they started all this crime stuff.

[@Spacecadet09662]

@@lukeday3488 easier to control your emotions when you’re a adult not when you’re a child

[@nobailjustjail]

Have heard some stories about Space Cadets childhood and can confirm this is very true, sadly. It's terrible the way the Vietnamese were treated early on and this was well before the 5T. Despite all this Space Cadet has always been incredibly kind to me and is legitimately one of the nicest people I have ever met.

[@alfaman4113]

The most ruthless was the leader named Madonna who was popped by the next guy in line

[@tanthaman]

Duc tien nguyen shot Madonna

[@deaconfrost7278]

Ro Van Le.

[@taemeister9302]

Asian gangs in Australia use boomerangs

[@rakatumu]

0:22 "asian gangs in Australia might not be as well known as some others, but their reputations are just as fearsome." What? This sentence contradicts itself.

[@problemchild5409]

its not hard to tell by what that means. "They don't make much noise, but you know they are dangerous" for example. Focus on the bias or their clueless assumptions, not their grammar 😂

[@ashleygrima8218]

The good old smack express and I am a melb boy but used to go up and always go to cabr when In nsw

[@blakegrima8211]

Go get em Ash

[@hochigaming14yearsago90]

Grima

[@caramello7460]

you from st albans or springvale lol

[@ashleygrima8218]

@@caramello7460 springy way

[@caramello7460]

@@ashleygrima8218 true, I was hustlin outta st Albans ways for a while

[@raycampbell1727]

Rbs , bc , singwa, tk ,kvt . I grew up in this era of cabra it was the best rolling 30+ deep everywhere.

[@justinwilson2886]

KVT? I'm pretty sure they weren't around then.. maybe FBB, but not KVT.. Rebel Bombs Squad were a pretty old school graffiti crew. I remember Sing Wa, 14K, 108 dragons.. what's bc and tk?? What about UTB? Lol..

[@raycampbell1727]

@@justinwilson2886 I'm talking early 00s to 06 .

[@Sam123QU29]

@@raycampbell1727 who was the leader of Rbs

[@gregsericchi4946]

I was around 90s

[@raycampbell1727]

@@Sam123QU29 johnny chao

[@timothykwoh6172]

Phuong Ngo definitely was not innocent. It is amazing how he got away with so much. God sees all and his sins will find him out.

[@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202]

Any details?

[@edwardcatton315]

I remember getting of the train at Cabramatta, had to say No thanks to at least 4 gang members on the platform, but, seeing a strung out 15 year old Vietnamese girl at the Bustop, that was a Shocking sight!.

[@deaconfrost7278]

Was probably turning tricks on Fisher street as well.

[@BackwardshturT]

What does strung out mean

[@deaconfrost7278]

@BackwardshturT high off the H.

[@phantim_othy571]

Little boys that had no idea how to run a business led to their downfall. If they had spent as much effort into running legit businesses they would all be alive today and a lot richer

[@davechristian7543]

Most r alive mate 'so how much were u making as a teenager eh ?

[@phantim_othy571]

@@davechristian7543 I actually did very well as a teenager having my own legit business in construction.....just the long hours were the draw back...but it was good honest money from hard Graft....

[@deaconfrost7278]

Apples and oranges, not an accurate comparison.

[@gooseduck226]

😂😂😂 they probably spent most of there money to help set up more shops and takeaways for there families.

[@cameronsullings8148]

I was a child back then ,Sydney was a different place

[@Yo-uk1wb]

The gear brought them down they started using to much themselves and it was Cabra express

[@thesauce7289]

60 murders 😳

[@tanthaman]

Vietnamese don't mess around

[@DDM_08]

Probably more then that that weren’t confirmed or unsolved

[@journeyman6752]

You can get a great banh mi in Cabra. Cheap too.

[@extremeboiwoo]

Nothings changed in the area except things are behind the scenes these days

[@3.2mviews10]

facts, cops are on top of everything in NSW

[@DDM_08]

still see junkies every so often down at cabra buyin up gear

[@AsianGangster2166]

I met some of the old school original members of 5t in Bathurst prison he started a race war, he was ruthless

[@jeffbland3635]

GOOD EVENING ALL AND AMELIA

[@inversesquare4945]

Is tri minh tran shooting site on mcburney road?

[@deaconfrost7278]

No. 24

[@shmick4203]

The drought ended it!

[@Davo-gj7gl]

Sure did 👍🏻

[@caramello7460]

the 00' drought?

[@caramello7460]

@@Davo-gj7gl you still got any connects in the area?

[@Davo-gj7gl]

@@caramello7460 nah mate not anymore

[@tanthaman]

Madonna killed tri. Van to le got killed by duc tien nguuen who was later killed in Hughes Street cabramatta

[@dalelane1948]

Anybody ever heard of Sunnybank in Qld?

[@ltsHybrid]

Yeah In Brisbane, I used to live in acacia ridge and went to Sunnybank SHS for a brief moment until I got expelled 😂

[@zacprazam8863]

I work in sunny bank 🤣🤣

[@brockiestephosaussielife]

Yeah I have, nothing compared to cabra

[@3.2mviews10]

who cares about QLD

[@aussiebob7923]

Is that near Sunnyvale & The Houso's lmaoI Fong You

[@charliechan8541]

Have you guys heard of this gang Race In Peace before in the early 90s based in Perth?

[@Benny-yl8hu]

Gotta watch the documentary with tri Minh tran .

[@DDDDamien]

What doco is it?

[@wilsonguo8642]

He dead but

[@tanthaman]

Rip

[@deaconfrost7278]

There's no doco on Tri, just once upon a time in cabra

[@chinatowngangstories]

They took the page out of 1980’s NYC’s Chinatown gangs.

[@mr_trd21district43]

there still gangs there now…. IYKYK

[@caramello7460]

still got connects in the area?

[@mr_trd21district43]

@@caramello7460 fucken oath i still do…..

[@johnm84]

Most of the gangs in Cabramatta today are Middle Eastern Pacific Islander and African.

[@macheteuser]

xD @@johnm84

[@Swat-se3nu]

I won't say much than western Sydney had a Sing Wah branch from Michinbury through to Penrith recruiting all nationalities after the dismantling of 5T they expanded their networking to include all nationalities mainly using teenagers and youth to recruit for jobs and the pay was lucrative for doing jobs for them as a contractor per say

[@tobyargall8202]

They had a distrust of the police lol ............ ummmmmmm the wood royal commission

[@Taff71]

Australia is a breeding place. Stop family break downs. Strong families stop gangs

[@Mikejones-cc5nt]

Buy hex and stake

[@djru125]

Random but I agree RH projects🔥

[@makersmark1974]

..but anyways.. The truth is still not out there; as long as certain cops aren't mentioned, it means nobody in the know has spoken, bar that one cap dealer whom saw graffiti... Just thought to see what fuss was about.. ..anywho.. No innocent victim was ever targeted in those days.. ..any crime committed on a non-combatant was always done by outsiders.. Amazing this subject still rises when it stayed in the shadows.. RiP, anh Tri..🙏

[@BackwardshturT]

So what about the surgeon that got killed

[@makersmark1974]

@@BackwardshturT ..Dr Vic Chang (RIP 🙏).? Is that who the surgeon you're referring to..? If you want to ask or challenge a thought, pls, remember the names if it means that much.. ..many surgeons have died from criminal activities.. ..and if so, what about him..? I'll tell you this. There is no man on earth that gains popularity, wealth or a name for being very innocent &/or humble.. ..even the legal world is cut throat, just covered by policies & protocols..

[@leemo987]

what on earth are you going on about? lay off the gear

[@makersmark1974]

@@leemo987 ..your intellect is showing, via your question.. ..when you can't comprehend, that's on you. And i wish i was on the gear, instead of having to reply to brave people like yourself..👍

[@jetpark3743]

Still Viet Ogs alive in Sydney

[@3.2mviews10]

yeah in prison

[@jetpark3743]

@@3.2mviews10 nope ruling crime

[@3.2mviews10]

@@jetpark3743 come on bro everyone knows who runs Sydney, and its definitely not Asians

[@tamedame6963]

@@3.2mviews10 Azns own all the rich areas, businesses and places people wanna live in. They own Aus, bruh.

[@3.2mviews10]

@@tamedame6963 China*

[@susanwillan6856]

I was in jail with a few very quiet and stuck 2 themselves

[@potterj09]

I used to sell vcd bootlegs to those guys. Hope that statutes out of date.

[@sonnydongle6523]

🇻🇳🇩🇰 Tiền - Tình - Tội - Tử - Tù 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DokkadoBuildz]

Duhmaaaa 😅

[@HK-jz5sz]

When I was in high school 5T came from Sydney to Brisbane to get a guy in my grade but ended up fighting our teachers. FYI one teacher from the UK kicked all of their skinny little long fringed arses…

[@suchislife7155]

No offence to anyone here but seems like some people in here are proud of them.. it’s easy to be bad and it’s hard to be good… To have patients…

[@Adam-ui4ef]

I was chased down by a 10 5T gang members all saying they were going to eat me. Too bad for them I have four legs and can run faster than them Woof Woof.

[@you4dgrmi4dafam62]

Cabra was know for its Harry!!

[@pringleschapman7165]

Chinese's The Company syndicate, multi Billion dollar drug operation, 5T, ...maybe few bucks....street syndicate

[@ltrinhmy]

Chinese Triads used Viet Gangs to move their products, they always been like that.

[@jeffreybamford1171]

that was venum 5t

[@3.2mviews10]

Dont know much about 5T but always heard about them when i was younger. Never seen a documentary made about them before

[@namelesswarrior4760]

The problem with Viet gangs is that they are not very subtle and don't know how to plan for the future. Good soldiers but not leaders. That's why many of them worked for the Chinese.

[@method2madness1]

They were too young bro, they got it done by ducking 14 and stuck in the trap.

[@DDM_08]

5T didn’t work for no Chinese, but yeah they didn’t have any olders in their ranks or a structure that kept them disciplined. Pretty much all of them in their peak were in their late teens or 20s. They had capabilities to make a organisation, they were like a organised street gang, had strong links to suppliers from Golden Triangle, contacts all over domestically and Internationally, even connected to politicians like Phuong Ngo and Nick Lalich. But were just doing whatever they wanted for so long, had short term goals and were more in the present, the death of Newman and constant open dealing, shootings, brought way too much heat which resulted in their downfall

[@Leosarebetter]

Diversity is your strength....*cough, cough

[@Entergalactic]

Please shut up like aussies werent worse

[@willt9721]

Gangs would have happened anyways, you're luck 5T is as humble and civilised as it is.

[@sailingoceandreams5267]

I was in Boyz homes with everyone of em

[@doingadlay]

Anyone in Cabra got good shard ?

[@jayy7409]

💀💀stay away from the broken windows bro, bad for your health

[@auz2424]

The slow is where it's at mate. A gram is $165.

[@doingadlay]

@@auz2424 what is the slow

[@auz2424]

@@doingadlay Hazza mate.

[@pjbrawn2646]

@@auz2424 how much you take at once?

[@jamessouthon651]

Most of these guys were harmless they were all young guys there main go was go into restaurants and leave without paying

[@christianbenedetti2147]

Fukushu desu meiyo

[@alfaman4113]

I got bashed into a coma by these guys in Cabramatta in the 90s because I stole there stash of smack.

[@tanthaman]

Why

[@scottbibzy9267]

Wasn’t the smartest thing to do was it

[@problemchild5409]

hey man we all learn our lessons

[@jesuslovesyou1643]

God bless you all , Jesus loves you all only he can save u repent and turn from your sins and accept jesus as Lord and saviour and you will be saved. He is the only way to eternal life in heaven once you pass away its too late . ❤

[@itsactuallymatt1019]

You crazy

[@offclan2141]

Haha back in the days where the Viets were scary dudes

[@charliepearce8767]

They put on their sisters underpants when I walked in the room !

[@rastaz3227]

@@charliepearce8767 You were made their b***h for sure.😂😂

[@albertchiu655]

incorrect beliefs !

[@mvnorsel6354]

I watch the news and a Current Affair, its the African gangs that should worry us.

[@problemchild5409]

​@@miguelsanchez6370 sarcasm g

[@CheeseSlicer69]

A 5T gang broke into my dad’s house and stole his stuff

[@seymore1532]

Immigration will be good for Australia they said.....

[@Sub0x-x40]

it is good u gronk

[@gregsericchi4946]

everyone imergrated here always formed gangs that's the way it is that's Australia

[@seymore1532]

@@Sub0x-x40 you're a gronk

[@richiesworld1]

Are you indigenous to Australia or are you also a descendant of immigrants? Just because you have no idea where you came from, doesn't mean you're not. 🙄🤦🏾‍♂️

[@urmum9892]

Well this comment backfired 😭😂😭

[@Saibamandbz]

Wannabe Kpop gangsters

[@DDM_08]

these boys killed over 200 people and caused hundreds of thousands to OD across sydney, they also smoked a politican john newman. Tf u talkin bout mate? They would of put u in a box for just sayinnthat cun

[@raskltube]

who were rivals of 5t?

[@SuperGGLOL]

Me.

[@dcheng4248]

Your mother

[@tanthaman]

4 aces, Madonnas mob

[@luckybrooks3491]

4 aces was friends with them.

[@tanthaman]

@@luckybrooks3491 how do u know

[@GreyManTheory]

Do a episode on the Saigon Tiger Nam and the Springvale nips.

[@deeppocketz5487]

Cambo clowns

[@stephenbrownlie193]

Nam was the biggest asian i ever saw ...

[@MarinePredators84]

Lol tf.....

[@MikeLoweryy]

@@stephenbrownlie193 what area was he from? I'm from a diff gen but interested af

[@justinwilson2886]

Nah, 5T got done for one of the first political assasinations in Australia. It was big news back then.. plus Victor Chang..

[@ShinestuHiko]

This are gangsters if only they had a more smart brain , it’s not all brute and strength