Claim: Yang Tianyong led a criminal gang in Kunming, forming the gang after losing his job with the railway police.
Evidence: Yang Tianyong (Chinese: 杨天勇, executed November 2000) was the leader of a criminal gang operating in Kunming, People's Republic of China, from 16 April 1997 to 31 May 2000. After losing his job with Kunming's railway police, Yang stole police uniforms and formed a gang that stole cars by methods that included flagging them down and killing the drivers.