Ashwin Tan Boon Leng grew up in an unusual family environment. In his home kitchen, young Ashwin noticed parangs and axes alongside the kitchen utensils and cutlery. Many of his uncles were bookies and Ah Longs (loansharks) who had no qualms having girlfriends despite being married. So when Ashwin followed his secondary school friends to … Continue reading “My heart was so hardened, I could not even cry”: The 369 gangster who went to his grandparents’ wake handcuffed and shackled