Notorious gangster 'Broken Tooth' freed from prison in Macau
Notorious Macau triad boss 'Broken Tooth' gets out of jail after nearly 14 years to be greeted by two burly minders and a frenzied media scrum
"Broken Tooth" Wan Kuok-koi walked free from jail yesterday with the swagger of the notorious gangster he once was.
He may have declared his life of crime is over, but on his release from Coloane's maximum security prison there was no disguising the fact that he still wields plenty of power.
Dozens of journalists waited from midnight to catch a glimpse of Macau's most famous convict, locked up for nearly 14 years for a string of crimes during the 1990s.
A white Lexus LS430 appeared at 6.35am, reversing into the compound where prisoners are released. Two heavily built men got out and stood at the entrance, waiting for their boss.
At 6.50am Wan, 57, emerged and headed quickly for the car. Looking fit and with his hair a youthful black, he jumped into the back. The car sped off, with the media pack in hot pursuit.
Wan was tracked down at the exclusive Pearl On The Lough residential building on the waterfront of Taipa, where he met his mother, other family and friends.
He appeared briefly only to say he was mentally well, adding it wouldn't matter what he said as he would only be misrepresented in the media anyway.