The local Portuguese police chief Antonio Francisco Marques Baptista who went down in history by arresting high-profile triad kingpin “Broken Tooth” Wan Kuok Koi in the evening of May 1, 1998, several hours after Baptista’s car was damaged by an explosive device on Guia Hill.
Baptista arrested Wan in a restaurant of the Hotel Lisboa where was reportedly watching a TVB documentary about himself with some of his 14 K triad cronies.
Spectacular photos showing Baptista and Wan and several of his accomplices in handcuffs outside Hotel Lisboa’s main entrance waiting for a Black Mariah to arrive were released by print media and TV stations all over the world.
