WARWICK REID thumbed his nose at his enemies and pledged not to harm the brother he had sworn to kill during an interview on a 747 Jumbo speeding him towards a family reunion in New Zealand yesterday.
Despite a heavy security cordon for Reid on Cathay Pacific Flight 107, the corrupt government lawyer bypassed his minders to set the record straight.
'Before I gave evidence there were threats to kill me,' Reid told the South China Morning Post in a hand-written message.
'I do not know how the ICAC [now] perceives the threat to my safety.
'But suffice to say that I am not assuming a new identity or going into a witness protection programme,' Reid wrote from his upper-deck business class seat for the 10-hour journey to Auckland.
Last night he drove back to Tauranga with his wife and three children, checked his post-box and walked inside the family home, decorated with yellow ribbons. The house is to be sold off under an agreement with the Hong Kong Government.