His voice reached them before he came into view.
Everyone in the Commercial Crime Bureau grew serious.
The Management DCP had already reached an agreement with the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Who within the Police Force would dare step forward to object?
Even the DCP Operations, who competed with the Management DCP, could not simply make trouble for him over a matter of principle like this.
After all, the Independent Commission Against Corruption's investigative procedures were lawful and compliant with regulations.
At that moment, most of those present were merely bewildered and uncertain. Only Wong Man-bun had begun to groan inwardly.
The others focused only on the fact that someone within the Police Force was actually stopping the Independent Commission Against Corruption from taking him away, while he himself had picked up on the crucial demand in that voice: he was to cooperate with an investigation.
Wong Man-bun had no worries at all about being taken away by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for investigation.
First, he was confident that the Independent Commission Against Corruption would find no hard evidence. Second, he believed the Police Force's senior leadership would not allow it to overstep too far.
Even if these were normal investigative procedures, surely the Police Force would not let the Independent Commission Against Corruption so blatantly make it lose face?
Ultimately, he was still a member of the Police Force's Commissioned Rank!
But if the Police Force launched an internal oversight procedure, that would mean something different.
Even if no substantive evidence was ultimately found, he could be placed on leave indefinitely throughout the investigation, until the oversight procedure ended.
The launch of an internal Police Force investigation would mean that his own allegiances and integrity were in question. It was an extremely serious implicit accusation.
Under everyone's varied