The Security Department's liaison with the Mainland police had always been handled by Lau Kit-fai and the Administration Group.
Now that Kwan Man Chin had taken Lau Kit-fai's place, Zhou Quan had no intention of changing anything.
As the artist Yuen Man was one of the parties involved in the Tsim Sha Tsui hotel murder case, Zhou Quan's order to investigate her circumstances was entirely consistent with investigative procedure.
With his foreknowledge, Sir Kwan practically had a God's-eye view of the series of cases involving the Painter Group.
Lee Man had staged a switch between the genuine article and an impostor, and Zhou Quan understood that better than anyone.
However, without conclusive evidence, Zhou Quan could not simply take coercive measures against that impostor.
But once word came back from the Mainland police, he would have a perfect explanation for all his subsequent actions.
The next step was to use Lee Man as the opening, unravel the threads, and get to the bottom of the mystery in Zhou Quan's own mind.
Painter! Yuen Man! Lee Man!
Zhou Quan was very curious about the connection between those three, too.
Kwan Man Chin worked very efficiently, producing results in about fifteen minutes.
In the past, getting in touch with the Mainland police would have been anything but simple for the Security Department.
But now, Hong Kong Island had fully returned to the Motherland's embrace, and the Police Force and the Mainland police belonged to the same system.
Cooperation and exchanges between them were undoubtedly much more convenient than they had been a week earlier.
Carrying some basic information about Yuen Man, Kwan Man Chin returned to the Conference Room.
Yeung Chi-lung from the Intelligence Group accompanied him.
The Intelligence Group's Commander was in the Conference Room, while its Deputy Commander had just