He may be a feared underworld figure in Malaysia but there was little respect for the "heavenly king" today.
As Tee Yam @ Koo Tee Yam left Simpang Renggam Prison here at 1.35pm, he was re-arrested by a team of plainclothes policemen from Bukit Aman.
He hugged and kissed his wife, Chia Mee Sim, who consoled him: "Don’t worry. You take care."
The Federal Court ordered his release on Oct 19 after ruling that Advisory Board proceedings were "seriously flawed".
Tee was one of the four "heavenly kings", reputedly the leaders of the country’s underworld.
UNDERWORLD? What underworld? Did he lead an organization that kills people? Did he rob or steal from people or banks? Did he trade in heroin, cocaine or ganja?
All those who knows him can confirm he didn't. What he does was purely commercial business that may be illegal by the rule of law. He may be accused of owning gambling business such as being a bookie for horse-racing, football bettings, 4-Ds; he may own mass or entertainment outlets where prostitute trade are transacted.
And the police and enforcers can easily trace his illegal activities and charge him in the court and indict him. It is not difficult to procure evidence of his illegal businesses. But, the enforcers didn't do it, nor had arrested him. Then, over the years, he had already accumulated his wealth and had turned his business into legal entities such as Karoake, Discos, Construction and Property Development, Equity trading, Goldsmith, etc. He doesn't deal with illegal business anymore and even if he did, it is small in scale.
Why is it that the enforcers won't arrest and indict him when he was in full swing " illegal business" those years back? You can guess. He was well-connected and they were "brothers-in-arm" or we call it "Joint-Enterprise". Today, you can't find the evidence anymore because he deals in legitimate business and he owns hundreds of business entities which are legitimate and lawful. So, they can only detain him under the Internal Security Act and under Section 3(1) of the Emergency Ordinance 1969 for allegedly running a secret society, being involved in crime and violence, as well as activities which jeopardised public order.
When the police re-arrest him yesterday, they grabbed him by his neck, held him by his arms and forced him to a van, pushing through a crush of reporters, friends and family members.
Holding a box of medicines in one hand, he was not pleased with the treatment he received.
"You police officers are very rough. What are you arresting me for? I am not running away. I knew that I will be re-arrested the moment I stepped out of the prison. I am giving my fullest co-operation. Do not act rough," he said in Cantonese.
Relatives and friends protested over the manner in which Tee was escorted to the van. "He is not running away. He is just walking out. Why treat him like a terrorist?"
As Tee Yam @ Koo Tee Yam left Simpang Renggam Prison here at 1.35pm, he was re-arrested by a team of plainclothes policemen from Bukit Aman.
He hugged and kissed his wife, Chia Mee Sim, who consoled him: "Don’t worry. You take care."The Federal Court ordered his release on Oct 19 after ruling that Advisory Board proceedings were "seriously flawed".
Tee was one of the four "heavenly kings", reputedly the leaders of the country’s underworld.
UNDERWORLD? What underworld? Did he lead an organization that kills people? Did he rob or steal from people or banks? Did he trade in heroin, cocaine or ganja?
All those who knows him can confirm he didn't. What he does was purely commercial business that may be illegal by the rule of law. He may be accused of owning gambling business such as being a bookie for horse-racing, football bettings, 4-Ds; he may own mass or entertainment outlets where prostitute trade are transacted.
And the police and enforcers can easily trace his illegal activities and charge him in the court and indict him. It is not difficult to procure evidence of his illegal businesses. But, the enforcers didn't do it, nor had arrested him. Then, over the years, he had already accumulated his wealth and had turned his business into legal entities such as Karoake, Discos, Construction and Property Development, Equity trading, Goldsmith, etc. He doesn't deal with illegal business anymore and even if he did, it is small in scale.
Why is it that the enforcers won't arrest and indict him when he was in full swing " illegal business" those years back? You can guess. He was well-connected and they were "brothers-in-arm" or we call it "Joint-Enterprise". Today, you can't find the evidence anymore because he deals in legitimate business and he owns hundreds of business entities which are legitimate and lawful. So, they can only detain him under the Internal Security Act and under Section 3(1) of the Emergency Ordinance 1969 for allegedly running a secret society, being involved in crime and violence, as well as activities which jeopardised public order.
When the police re-arrest him yesterday, they grabbed him by his neck, held him by his arms and forced him to a van, pushing through a crush of reporters, friends and family members.Holding a box of medicines in one hand, he was not pleased with the treatment he received.
"You police officers are very rough. What are you arresting me for? I am not running away. I knew that I will be re-arrested the moment I stepped out of the prison. I am giving my fullest co-operation. Do not act rough," he said in Cantonese.
Relatives and friends protested over the manner in which Tee was escorted to the van. "He is not running away. He is just walking out. Why treat him like a terrorist?"
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