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The Robbery

depended on me to help him deal with the triad gangs while
he operated several night clubs, massage parlours and
prostitution dens in and around the Chow Kit area.
On paper, I was an employee of his transport company
with a salary of about RM3,000 a month. It was big money in
those days, but I was not doing any ordinary work. My job was
to collect debts. I was on flexi hours and could come into the
office at any time, but on one condition – I had to be available
to Li Chai any time he needed my help.
I had some 70 people working for me, my gang members.
I took care of their needs using the money collected from the
business community in our territory. In return, we would
provide the businesses with protection from members of
other triad gangs.
There were other cases where Li Chai’s debtors had been
slow to settle what they owed. My men would be tasked to
“settle matters” and if they could not, I would personally
handle the case for him. Since I was one of Li Chai’s most
trusted men, he depended on me to carry out this very
important mission to collect the debt owed by Mr. Tan.
My approach in life was: “I just need to be daring, and l
will surely succeed in everything that I do! Who in the world
would dare to challenge me? I am unstoppable!” If I had
applied this in a positive way in my life, I know I would have
had a very successful career. Instead, I went all out to make a
name for myself in the gangster world.
I prided myself on being an example to my gang members
that anything was possible if we put our heart and soul into it.
I was a big-time hero in their eyes. I was unafraid of anyone;
rather, people were afraid whenever I showed my face.

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THAT NIGHT, Fei Chai and Ah Chung were on standby in a
car outside Mr. Tan’s office in case we were ambushed, while
Sei Ngan Chai and I rode our own motorbikes there. Initially
we were denied entry by Mr. Tan’s men.

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