Inside the abandoned city once the world's most populated that was crawling with crime A walled city with tens of thousands of residents living inside its tightly-packed buildings was once a settlement where anarchy and gangs reigned supreme.
Drug use started to die down in the late 1970s and, in 1983, the district police commander declared Kowloon Walled City's crime rate to have been brought under control.
Uncontrolled building in the walled city increased rapidly in the 1970s with the population swelling from 10,000 in 1973 to about 30,000 in 1980, leading it to become the most densely populated place on Earth.
In the murky depths of the walled city, triad gangs such as 14K and Sun Yee dominated the criminal underworld, gaining power over brothels, gaming parlours and opium dens in the complex.
It was demolished between 1993 and 1994 and despite its high crime rate in past years, former residents remember the walled city fondly as a haven for a tightly-knit community.
