In a conference room at the Police Force's National Security Department, four senior superintendents sat around a table.
Opposite them stood a large screen divided into multiple feeds.
Everything displayed on it was transmitted from the National Security Department's Operations Command Centre.
Besides the four Police Force senior superintendents and several police officers who were constantly busy in the conference room, there was someone else.
Near a window not far away stood a middle-aged man in a dark suit and red tie, with a national emblem pinned to his chest.
At that moment, he was taking a phone call, his expression grave and solemn.
"Comrades, we've just received word from Pengcheng."
After ending the call, he strode back to the round table and relayed the latest information he had received to everyone present.
"The suspect, Zhang Peng, has entered Hong Kong Island waters by boat."
Hong Liang was the director of the Investigation Division under the Anti-Corruption General Bureau of Mainland China's Supreme People's Procuratorate. The Zhang Peng he spoke of was the major vice-ministerial-level corrupt official from Yuezhou in Mainland China.
The four Police Force senior superintendents sitting at the same table were, naturally, the officers in charge of the Hong Kong Island Police Force's assistance to Mainland China in solving this major corruption case.
They were the heads of the National Security Department’s Three Major Departments, along with the head of the Commercial Crime Bureau.
"Director Hong, don't get worked up!"
Chan Kwok-wah, who was currently responsible for external liaison, smiled calmly and spoke gently to soothe Hong Liang.
"Relax a little."
"Sir Lau Kit-fai has already made the operational deployment, and Sir He personally mobilized the best men from the Paparazzi to take part."
"Barring any surprises, you'll be able to take that big tiger back to