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A judge has ordered that the owner of a home in Vancouver’s exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood who failed to disclose a gang-related murder of the owner’s son-in-law in front of the property be required to return a $300,000 deposit to a purchaser of the home.

In September 2009, Mei Zhen Wang agreed to sell her luxury home at 3883 Cartier Street to Feng Yun Shao, who was unaware at the time that Raymond Huang, Wang’s son-in-law, had been fatally shot outside the home two years earlier.

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Huang was a leading member of the notorious Big Circle Boys, an international gang involved in crimes including drug trafficking.

The purchase price for the 9,000-sq.-ft. home, which featured six bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, an indoor pool, a wine cellar and extensive gardens, was $6.138 million.

Shao paid a deposit of $300,000, but when she learned shortly afterward of Huang’s unsolved murder, the entrepreneur and mother of three was fearful for her safety and the safety of her family and decided not to complete the purchase. The property was later sold to another buyer for $5.5 million.