 Hong in 1983 | |
| Hong Lu | |
| Portrayed by | Raymond Ya |
| Episode | Chinatown |
| Status | Deceased (2009) |
Hong Lu is a character from "Chinatown". He was the husband of Da Chun Lu and the father of Ling Lu and Jack Chao Lu. He also had a nephew, Warren Lee, and niece, Stacey Lee. They all worked in a tea store, which was being extorted by the Dragon Boys and by Bo-Lin Chen.
Hong instructed his family to never talk to the police about the Dragon Boys' illegal activities out of fear of retaliation. Not even when Jack's girlfriend, Tam Sung, was killed in a gang shootout in 1983 nor when Jack himself was murdered shortly after. Hong was approached by John Stillman at Jack's funeral but he refused to answer anything.
Hong's death in 2009 finally allowed his widow Da Chun to go to the police and tell them her belief that her son Jack was killed because of his relationship with Tam, who was Vietnamese.
It turned out that Ling had been using the family business to help the Dragon Boys transport heroin. Jack threatened to tell their father so Ling shot him.