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发帖数: 2555 | 1 Ping's health had deteriorated in prison, with high cholesterol and blood
lipids; she lost 17 pounds in the last two years of her life. Aged 65, Ping
died quietly at noon on April 24, 2014, surrounded by her family at the
Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Texas.
Her funeral took place on May 23, 2014 at the Boe Fook Funeral Home on Canal
Street in Manhattan with thousands of mourners.
Her body was laid to rest at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla.
Cheng Chui Ping (simplified Chinese: 郑翠萍; traditional Chinese: 鄭翠萍;
pinyin: Zhèng Cuìpíng; Wade–Giles: Cheng Ts'ui-p'ing), also known as
Sister Ping (萍姐 Píng Jiě; January 9, 1949 – April 24, 2014), was a
woman who ran a successful human smuggling operation between Hong Kong and
New York City from 1984 until 2000. She was arrested in Hong Kong in 2000
and extradited to the United States in 2003.[1] She was held in U.S. Federal
prison until her death in 2014. Nicknamed "The Mother of All Snakeheads", a
translation of the Chinese word for "smuggler". |
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