On Arsenal Street in Central, Luk Chi-lim met up with his investigation team.
"Sai Leung, what's the situation?"
Luk Chi-lim did not get out of the car. Instead, he thoughtfully studied the Police Headquarters Building before him.
"Sir, we're still not sure."
Lu Xiaoliang, who had followed Kam Tsz Tai and the others' car and arrived at Police Force Headquarters a step ahead, voiced his guess with a grave expression.
"But Usury Choi and the others were escorted straight into Police Force Headquarters by Hung Hing's Kam Tsz Tai."
"By the look of it, an officer from the Police Force's NS must have stepped in and demanded they be handed over."
Although the Independent Commission Against Corruption did not participate in Hong Kong Island's anti-triad work, how could they possibly be unaware of the National Security Department's T Group and its power to suppress the Hong Kong Island underworld?
Within the Police Force, probably only the departments under Sir Kwan's direct control had the ability to make the Hung Hing Group obediently hand people over.
Apart from the National Security Department, even O Division, which specialized in anti-triad work, could not accomplish that.
How could Luk Chi-lim overlook something even his subordinates could figure out?
"Sai Leung, take your men over to help Mei Lei for now!"
He reassigned Lu Xiaoliang and the others over the phone, then turned the steering wheel toward the entrance to the Police Force Headquarters parking lot.
The fact that Hung Hing's Kam Tsz Tai had delivered Tsui Yau-choi and the other two straight into Police Force Headquarters undoubtedly swept away every suspicion Luk Chi-lim had just begun to harbor.
Since there was no issue with the Police Force's senior officers, and given his relationship with Lau Bo-keung,
with no need to avoid any appearance