Macau’s ‘Broken Tooth’ Released From Jail Into Changed City

The Macau gangster known as “Broken Tooth,” once accused of planning to kill the local police chief, said his release from prison today would not threaten law and order in the world’s biggest casino hub.

Wan Kuok-koi was freed after more than 14 years of imprisonment at around 7 a.m. today, Stephen Fok, Macau Prison’s media relations officer, said in a telephone interview. Wan was convicted of loan sharking and triad membership in 1999, a year after he was arrested during an investigation into a car bomb attack on then police chief Antonio Marques Baptista.