Opinion ID: 1194868
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Lin Ji Tiang (Count 5)

Text: Lin Ji Tiang came to the United States from China in 1994. He opened a restaurant in mid-town Manhattan called Sun East. Shi wanted Lin Ji Tiang to send customers to his gift shop. In 2002 Lin Ji Tiang held a small Chinese New Year's party for tour guides at his restaurant. He invited Shi for the next day, but Shi showed up on the first day with six or seven of his little brothers. Lin Ji Tiang did not dare to charge them, although they were uninvited. Shi tried to get Lin Ji Tiang to throw a bigger party for tour guides of Shi's selection. When Lin Ji Tiang protested that he couldn't afford this party, Shi got angry and left. On occasion Shi would arrive at the restaurant and treat the kitchen as his own, cooking meals for himself. One time Shi hauled Lin Ji Tiang up the stairs of his restaurant holding his arm behind his back. Twice Lin Ji Tiang found cement in the lock of his restaurant. Once he found a pen-knife on the floor while Shi was in his restaurant. Shi said such a knife is used on people who don't listen, gesturing with the knife as though he would slip it between his ribs. Shi also said such a knife is used to slash tires. Lin Ji Tiang was scared. Lin Ji Tiang's restaurant displayed a sign advertising the No. 1 Gift Shop. When the sign fell down, Shi berated him and threatened to get his gang to beat him to death. He demanded $35 as the cost of the sign. The tour guides stopped coming to his restaurant because Shi was constantly there and they were afraid to come. The restaurant was losing money, and Lin Ji Tiang was scared all the time, so he decided to close the restaurant, in October 2003.