 Lee Kong-Chian gave Koon-Teck $500,000 in appreciation for managing to recover as much as he had.There were not enough Public Prosecutors right after the Japanese Occupation and at one time there was an eight-month backlog of cases.Despite all that had been done to him and the way he had been treated in the past, Koon-Teck responded to the Government's appeal and voluntarily went back, on a part-time basis, working for about six months, as Crown Counsel or Public Prosecutor - he was paid half what full-time prosecutors got.