The first press conference to feature Sir Kwan as its central figure immediately swept through Hong Kong Island's major gangs like a raging storm.
They had long since realized that Sir Kwan had planted moles among them, but they had never imagined that these moles formed the vast Crouching Tiger Plan.
And the Crouching Tiger Plan's first public appearance came atop the corpse of Sun Yee On, one of Hong Kong Island's long-established gangs.
Toward the end of that day's press conference, Zhou Quan made a point of introducing the first elite Crouching Tiger officer to return to the Police Force since Operation Crouching Tiger began.
PC98731, Jing Jinxian-the Master Xian whose reputation had recently soared in Sun Yee On.
Who could have imagined that a bright young man who had nearly risen to become Sun Yee On's White Paper Fan was actually a mole Sir Kwan had planted within the gang?
Stepping over the heads of Sun Yee On's well-known Gou Hok Jai, Jing Jinxian was sent by Sir Kwan to the inspector training class at Wong Chuk Hang Police Academy at the age of twenty.
Thirty-six weeks later, he would become the Security Department's newly minted young inspector.
In terms of age, Jing Jinxian would set a new record for probationary inspectors across the entire Police Force.
For a time, Jing Jinxian's name rang out in both the criminal underworld and law enforcement circles of Hong Kong Island.
As a Crouching Tiger member of the Police Force who had disregarded his own safety and faithfully carried out his duties to dismantle the Sun Yee On Triad criminal organization, Jing Jinxian enjoyed a very favorable public image.
By contrast, the Gou Hok Jai undoubtedly hated Jing Jinxian enough to grit their teeth.
After all, turncoats and informers had always