Mr. Wong: pirate or law-abiding citizen

By Andreas Harsono

BATAM ISLAND, Indonesia, April 13, 1999 — "Why should I continue this night business life if he is really the mastermind of the pirates?" Ay

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"… nts, also share the shop-house with Ayu.She is not reluctant to talk about Mister Wong, her client and boyfriend, but she is defensive about his alleged occupati …"

"… on,” said the 27-year-old cewek, the euphemism for a sex worker in Batam.Mister Wong does not look at all like a bad guy. He is usually dressed in a white, sho …"

"… ose passport identifies him as Chew Cheng Kiat, but who is widely known as Mister Wong — is no ordinary law-abiding citizen of straight-laced Singapore. He is …"

"… to give them 50,000 Singaporean dollars.“It’s a lie if they said that Mister Wong was arrested in the hotel,” said captain Arief Lasenda, who is among tho …"

Dark alliance rules the high seas

By Andreas Harsono

JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 13, 1999 — Bangkok's The Nation newspaper originally published this series on April 13, 1999. It is reprinted here

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mister Wong":

"… nd here about the recent arrest of a Singaporean businessman, nicknamed “Mister Wong”, who has allegedly directed a number of pirate raids on ships in the st …"

"… s and slick resorts. The clients are mostly older Singaporean Chinese like Mister Wong, who is 56, looking for young girls like Ayu Nani Sabri, his current girlf …"