He gives away 600 to 700 free bowls of food a month to the needy, having seized his second chance after serving jail term for manslaughter

South China Morning Post 
Date: 08 September, 2018
By: Agence France-Presse

For most of his life Yen Wei-shun was on the wrong side of the law, but the former Taiwan gangster says he is making up for lost time by churning out noodles for the needy.

His family has run a noodle stall, tucked away in a bustling traditional market in New Taipei City, for decades.

Now Yen, 40, is working alongside his mother to make free bowls of noodles for customers who cannot afford a meal.

Yen’s venture has caught the attention of local media and a video of his life, made by a Shanghai-based online outlet, has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube.

His gangster life started young: at 15 he was convicted of manslaughter after fatally wounding a man in a group fight and jailed for 4½ years, he says.

But after his release, Yen continued his involvement and found himself in court again eight years ago on illegal gun possession charges.    [FULL  STORY]