Mongols follow Ned Kelly’s lead and stage Glenrowan stand against Victorian police parking fines
- Gold Coast Bulletin
- November 22, 2014
The battle is set to take place in Glenrowan, where infamous bushranger Ned Kelly made his bloody final stand.
The Mongols followed in Kelly’s footsteps by choosing the tiny Victorian town as the meeting point for hundreds of members on their national run last weekend.
The Mongols, with strong links overseas, became a powerhouse in Australia late last year when a majority of members from the Finks patched across.
Those Gold Coast member fled across the border when the State Government’s VLAD laws were introduced soon after.
Hundreds of bikies and their support crews, followed by police from Victorian bikie squad taskforce Echo, descended on the town’s service station.
After refuelling, the gang members parked their bikes as they prepared for the final leg of the national run.
Officers from the Wodonga Highway patrol began photographing the bikes and this week, parking infringement notices were sent out to every member.
Police issued hundreds of parking tickets against the club for parking in a no standing zone. The only problem is, according to the club, the bikes were all on private land.
Just as Ned Kelly vowed to fight to the death, the entire “Mongol Nation” is refusing to pay every $154 tickets issued by the Victorian police.
“We all filled up and parked the bikes along the front of the service station and along the front of McDonald’s,” a senior club spokesman said. “We’d been there for about 20 minutes when the five patrol cars from Wodonga rocked up and started taking photographs of the numberplates.
“We assumed it would be for a rego check later, then everyone started getting issued with infringements for parking in a no standing zone which was a service station on private property.
“With 300-plus bikes, it’s over $40,000 if everyone paid.
“Well, guess what. We are not paying.
“This is set to go to court as a class action.”
Victorian police yesterday refused to comment.