Vancouver Police Looking Into Organized Crime Connections in Murder of 2 Chinese Women

Vancouver Police Looking Into Organized Crime Connections in Murder of 2 Chinese Women
Vancouver Police Department headquarters is seen in Vancouver on Jan. 9, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
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Vancouver police are looking into organized crime connections in relation to the murder of two Chinese women, one of whom was a leader of a pro-Beijing group with deep ties to China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD).

On the morning of Feb. 20, Wu Shumin, a 50-year-old businesswoman from China’s Fujian Province, was found dead inside a white BMW X5 SUV. The car was parked on the street beside her $7 million mansion in Point Grey, Vancouver, Global News reported on April 28.