Cheung Tak Biu and the men under him had indeed used some underhanded methods on Ho Wai-lok.
They had also now entered legal proceedings and were even about to become defendants.
But there was undoubtedly considerable room to argue whether they could actually be convicted of extracting a confession through torture.
The most fundamental reason was that Ho Wai-lok was now safe and sound, and his kidnapping charge was about to be conclusively established.
Against a convicted criminal guilty of every vice,
the repercussions for Cheung Tak Biu and his men would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
The Police Force's internal opinion on how to deal with Cheung Tak Biu and the others would carry considerable weight.
If the higher-ups looked after their frontline men, a demerit alone could settle the matter.
It was only a demerit, not even an administrative penalty.
Who among the men serving in frontline Police Force operations dared guarantee that their service records contained no demerits?
Even if they received administrative disciplinary action, as long as Cheung Tak Biu and the others were not dismissed from public service, it would, at most, merely delay Cheung Tak Biu's Superintendent Selection Process for a while.
After all, just as Ho Wai-lok had said earlier, the only evidence he had for prosecuting Cheung Tak Biu and the others for using unlawful torture was that recording.
Whether it was beating the soles of his feet or Judicial Milk Tea,
the methods Cheung Tak Biu and his men had used had ultimately left no marks whatsoever on Ho Wai-lok.
He was no idiot. Even if that recording was submitted to the Court, he certainly would not have let Ho Wai-lok retain any other conclusive evidence.
Documents such as injury examination reports simply could not exist.
As for when he had admonished