In September 1849, his fleet, which was based in Bias Bay east of Hong Kong, was defeatedbyBritish and Chinese warships.[5] More than 400 pirates were killed and Chui was seriously wounded.
Although he managed initially to escape, he was betrayed by his own crew and handed over to the British authorities. He was wanted with a bounty of £500[6] for the murder of two British officers.[7] His punishment was lifelong exile to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), but he hanged himself in his cell before it could be carried out.[8]
^The Chinese Repository: From January to December 1849 (in German), Adamant Media, 2005, pp. 667, ISBN1-4021-5159-4, Unabridged translation of the Cantonese original
^Christopher Munn (2001), Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong (in German), London: Routledge, pp. 205, ISBN0-7007-1298-4
^Solomon Bard (2002), Voices from the Past: Hong Kong 1842-1918 (in German), Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 28, ISBN962-209-574-7
Is the namesake of the One Piece character Scratchman Apoo.
Beresford Scott (1851), An account of the destruction of the fleets of the celebrated pirate chieftains Chui-apoo and Shap-ng Tsai, on the coast of China, in September and October 1849 (in German), London{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Magazine, University (January–June 1850), "Expedition against the Chinese Pirates", The Dublin University Magazine. A Literary and Political Journal (in German), no. XXXV, Dublin, pp. 521-531, retrieved 18 May 2008
