Sun Yee On

Sun Yee On
Founded1919 (1919)
Founding locationBritish Hong Kong
Years active1919–present
TerritoryHong Kong, Mainland China, Japan, France, South Africa, United Kingdom, India, Thailand, Korea, Colombia, Canada, United States, Australia, Central America
EthnicityChinese
Membership25,000
Activitiesracketeering, counterfeiting, extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, illegal gambling
AlliesWo Hop To, Wo On Lok, Albanian mafia, Camorra, Serbian mafia, American Mafia, Sinaloa Cartel
Rivals14K, Wah Ching, Wo Shing Wo
Sun Yee On
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese新義安
Simplified Chinese新义安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnyì'ān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationsàn yih òn
Jyutpingsan1 ji6 on1
Vietnamese name
VietnameseTân Nghĩa An

Sun Yee On (Chinese: 新義安; Jyutping: san1 ji6 on1; Cantonese Yale: sān yih ōn), or the New Righteousness and Peace Commercial and Industrial Guild, is one of the leading triads in Hong Kong and China. It has more than 25,000 members worldwide. It is also believed to be active in the UK, the United States, France, and Belgium.