Indicted state senator withdraws from sec. state race
By Carolyn Tyler and Lyanne Melendez, KGO-TV
The fallout continues just one day after state Sen. Leland Yee was arrested on public corruption charges. Both of California’s senators are now weighing in on his arrest.
Leland Yee
On Thursday, Yee addressed his immediate future. He now says he will withdraw his candidacy for California Secretary of State.
Yee is one of 26 people caught up in an alleged scheme that includes — murder for hire and gun trafficking. There is also Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow a former gang member and Keith Jackson a former school board member in San Francisco.
The big fish in the federal case is Yee, but the initial target was Raymond Chow, who is known as “Shrimp Boy.” He is a notorious Chinatown gangster with a criminal history that includes racketeering and drug crimes. Former FBI agent Rick Smith believes the agency’s undercover operation was as tricky as infiltrating the mafia.