The arrests of the two key targets, Zhang Peng and Wong Hoi-wo, one after the other, marked the operation's full transition into its final sweep.
Tsui Yau-choi and Ho Tai-shing, who had been placed under secret protection, were formally transferred to a detention center for temporary custody, pending prosecution and trial.
Di Weijie and the other members of the Disciplined Services guilty of misconduct were naturally also arrested in a joint operation by the Political Investigation Department and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
What awaited them next would essentially be no different from what awaited Tsui Yau-choi and the others.
With the Independent Commission Against Corruption's operation back on track, Luk Chi-lim, the ICAC's Chief Investigation Officer, had clearly had his name cleared.
The operation had reached its final stages. How could Lau Bo-keung stand by and let his old friend suffer a false accusation?
He immediately transmitted the evidence Yeung Ching-fuk had provided to the ICAC's L Group.
As for Yeung Ching-fuk himself, he had shown a cooperative attitude toward the Police Force's operation.
So, as previously promised, Lau Bo-keung applied to have him made a state witness and handed him over to the Department of Justice for legal proceedings.
Of all those involved in this series of cases, only Wong Hoi-wo and You Zixin still required further interrogation.
The subsequent work clearly did not require Lau Bo-keung, a Senior Superintendent, to oversee it personally.
Any inspector-rank officer under him had the ability and authority to handle it.
Still, this series of cases had attracted the attention of the top boss, after all.
So Lau Bo-keung was not overly lax or careless when choosing who would lead the interrogations.
Although there was no need to deploy those commissioned-rank officers, a Chief Inspector would personally oversee the process.
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