“They wanted to charge forward, but I yelled at them: ‘You’d better remember my face. Even your boss has to pour me tea when he sees me. Hit me if you dare.’â€
Tang knew his threat worked because he knew many of those men in white shirts, and those men knew that he dined with their bosses regularly.
The gang spared Tang, but they didn’t stop chasing others. Two civilians were unable to escape from the attack. Another group in white shirts were attacking two taxis, one truck and a handful of private cars.
At this moment, Tang witnessed about a hundred riot police officers walking pass the scene. “Nearly 100 policemen arrived at a slow pace, and they were waving at those men in white shirts. I saw that,†he said.
Tang said from what he observed on that night, the gang of white shirts comprised triads, South Asians and middle-aged villagers from the area. He also claimed that the attack was “approved†by a mysterious, unknown force, and that the gang was given one hour “as long as they did not take any lives.â€