Hontiveros also mentioned Wan Kuok-Koi, nicknamed “Broken Tooth”, who is said to be one of Asia’s most notorious gangsters and a 14K Triad leader.

At the time, vast sums of Chinese money was coming into Australia, accompanied in turn by a recognised risk of affiliations to Chinese organised crime, including triad ... of the 14K Triad Society ...

Apparently, the FBI’s claims that Phua was a senior member of the 14K triad, a Hong Kong crime syndicate, did not dissuade Goldstein from representing him. Or from hanging out with him.

Hontiveros also flagged the link of newly naturalized Chinese businessman Li Duan Wang to the famous Chinese triad boss Wan Kuok-koi, a leader of the “14K Triad,” one of the largest Chinese ...