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Salakau
Salakau, which literally means '369' in Hokkien, also known as "Sah Lak Kau", is a street gang or secret society based in Singapore. The numbers 3, 6 and 9 add up to 18.
== History ==
In the early 1970s to late 1980's, Salakau attacked rival gangs and started many turf wars . Salakau recruited many members from Indian and Malay communities after relaxing the Chinese-only rule. In the 1970s, more Malays were reported to be joining after being introduced to gang members during tea dances in discos. This was because Malay gangs were smaller and less structured due to the drastic drop of the Malay population and increase of the Chinese population.〔Ooi Boon, Tan (10 April 1993). "Malay youths joining Chinese gangs". ''Straits Times''〕
Salakau also made profits from narcotics, extortion, and prostitution. Attacks on rival gangs such as the '303' gang (Sakongsa in Hokkien), the Omega gang, and the 18 SYH gang were somewhat of a routine occurrence. The police cracked down on gang activity in the early 1980s and gang wars came to a screeching halt as many of the leaders were jailed. Many other notorious 'headmen' fled to neighbouring countries or were killed in gang attacks. In the 1990s, some teenagers in "pseudo-street gangs" claimed affiliation to Salakau to be "cool" but did not engage in activities as violent as those engaged in by the real gang;〔Teo, Ginnie and Phuan, William (20 July 1997). "The 'bluff gangsters'". ''Straits Times''〕 in 1993, there were at least nine separate teenage gangs calling themselves 'Salakau'.〔Ooi Boon, Tan (18 May 1993). "The name game : from sports teams and rock bands to secret societies". ''Straits Times''〕 However, in the late 1990s and early dawn of the millennium, the gang gained strength as many of the jailed leaders were released, and several of the members had succeeded in scaring off many rival gangs from territories. Gang attacks once again became common and rioting cases shot up. Cases of murder involving gang attacks and riots were steadily increasing and the police tightened its noose on the gangs. Singapore's Secret Society Branch dedicated most of its resources to halt the gang violence and managed stopping a considerable amount of members. Slowly but surely, the gang violence receded and many members were put in prison.
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