Recaps

After the Ouyang Hai cases concluded, Zhou Quan held a regular meeting to announce promotions and transfers within the National Security Department. The changes strengthened several groups under his command and left the department reorganized under its current leadership.

• Zhou Quan convened a regular meeting for inspector-grade officers and above and asked Kwan Man Chin to announce personnel changes.
• Kwan Man Chin announced Pang Yik-hang’s promotion to Chief Inspector and appointment as Deputy Commander of Action Group One.
• Kwan Man Chin announced Chan Chi-kit’s promotion and transfer to International Group One as its Deputy Commander.
• Kwan Man Chin announced Yeung Chi-lung’s promotion as Deputy Commander of Operations Group Two and Zhuang Ziwei’s transfer to Internal Investigation Group Two as Deputy Commander.
• Kwan Man Chin announced Gao Qiu and Ying Cheung-sam’s promotions to Deputy Commanders of Operations Groups Three and Four.
• Kwan Man Chin announced Yeung Kam Wing’s promotion and transfer to Internal Investigation Group One as Deputy Commander.

Zhou Quan oversaw a round of promotions in the National Security Department and warned the officers about their new responsibilities. At the regular meeting, Chow Sing Sing reported on the Ouyang Hai case and the internal investigation into the Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters, including the discreet handling of Lau Cheung-ching’s past misconduct and his dismissal and prosecution.

• Kwan Man Chin announced the department’s promotions, including Guan Zu and Jing Jinxian filling vacancies left by Pang Yik-hang and Chan Chi-kit.
• Zhou Quan congratulated the promoted officers, warned them against serious misconduct, and continued the regular work meeting.
• Chow Sing Sing summarized the closed Ouyang Hai cases and the internal investigation into the Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters.
• Kwan Man Chin and the Internal Investigations Branch chose not to pursue Lau Cheung-ching’s past abuse, which Ouyang Hai had used to manipulate him.
• Lau Cheung-ching was dismissed and brought to court for setting fire to police archives, stealing National Security Department files, and related offenses.

Zhou Quan’s management team discussed a new suspected corrupt officer, Superintendent Cheung Man Yiu, after an internal investigation found links between him and an HSBC armored cash transport supervisor. A TUI tip suggested a gray-area group might soon target an armored vehicle with help from a senior police officer, prompting Zhou to connect the reports and pursue the matter.

• Zhou Quan dismissed officers without management clearance before asking Kwan Man Chin about Cheung Man Yiu.
• Kwan Man Chin said Lau Bo-keung’s team had investigated Cheung Man Yiu, and Lau reported that the superintendent frequently visited Macau casinos with an HSBC armored cash transport supervisor.
• Lau Bo-keung explained Cheung Man Yiu’s past and current posts, while Zhou Quan recalled meeting him years earlier.
• He Wenzhan reported that an undercover TUI officer had warned of a possible armored cash vehicle robbery and suspected involvement by a senior police officer.
• Zhou Quan recognized that the tip could be connected to Cheung Man Yiu’s relationship with the transport supervisor.

Zhou Quan learned that Wai King-dat had warned T Group that Tin Yeung-sang’s Ronin Group might target a cash-in-transit van, and realized the planned robbery was part of Cheung Man Yiu’s scheme. He decided the crime had to be stopped before the coming conflict endangered civilians, damaged Central Police Station, and undermined the National Security Department.

• He Wenzhan retrieved the secret files on Wai King-dat and the Tin Yeung-sang Ronin Group for Zhou Quan.
• He Wenzhan reported that Wai King-dat had warned of a likely cash-in-transit van robbery in Central, possibly aided by an insider.
• Zhou Quan recognized the links between Tin Yeung-sang, Cheung Man Yiu, and the cash-in-transit supervisor, and identified Cheung Man Yiu as the robbery’s mastermind.
• Zhou Quan recalled that Cheung Man Yiu would later betray the Ronin Group, leading to deaths and a return to Hong Kong Island for revenge.
• Zhou Quan concluded that the planned violence had to be prevented because it could threaten the public, wreck Central Police Station, and damage his department’s standing and ambitions.

Zhou Quan ordered a Special Campaign Group to prevent Cheung Man Yiu and Tin Yeung-sang’s Ronin Group from causing trouble. Chow Sing Sing took charge and assigned officers to investigate both leads, leaving the group prepared to begin round-the-clock surveillance.

• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing to lead a Special Campaign Group and keep both leads under close watch.
• After the management meeting, Chow Sing Sing gathered Luo Danian, Kwan Man Chin, He Wenzhan, Lau Bo-keung, and Chan Kwok-wah for operational instructions.
• Chow Sing Sing tasked Luo Danian and Kwan Man Chin with arranging departmental support for the campaign.
• Chow Sing Sing told He Wenzhan to contact Wai King-dat for information on the Ronin Group and ordered Lau Bo-keung to closely monitor Cheung Man Yiu.
• Chow Sing Sing directed Chan Kwok-wah to deploy two Intelligence Group action teams for rotating, round-the-clock surveillance of both leads.

He Wenzhan met undercover officer Wai King-dat at a bank and gave him a transmitter to signal when Tin Yeung-sang’s Ronin Group was ready to rob HSBC. Wai King-dat asked about returning to the Police Force after the mission, but He Wenzhan could only promise to recommend him for inspector training and pass on his wish to join the National Security Department.

• He Wenzhan met Wai King-dat at China Construction Bank, where Wai King-dat was scouting the area near the Ronin Group’s planned HSBC target.
• He Wenzhan told Wai King-dat that the Intelligence Group would watch him and the Ronin Group, and gave him a miniature transmitter to activate once the group was ready to act.
• Wai King-dat asked what rank and posting he could expect after the mission and said he wanted to return to the National Security Department.
• He Wenzhan promised to recommend Wai King-dat for Probationary Inspector selection but said he could not guarantee a place in his department.
• Wai King-dat accepted the uncertainty, gathered his things, and left to report his scouting findings to Tin Yeung-sang and the others.

After Wai King-dat signaled that the Tin Yeung-sang Ronin Group was about to act, Chow Sing Sing assembled the Special Campaign Group and confirmed that Ho Wing-keung would supervise the escort of HSBC’s US$100 million. Chow Sing Sing began preparing an operation to trap the robbers, while Zhou Quan watched from the command centre.

• Wai King-dat pressed the miniature transmitter, prompting the Intelligence Group to alert the National Security Department.
• Chow Sing Sing summoned key officers and informed Zhou Quan, who went with him to the command centre.
• Lau Bo-keung reported that Cheung Man Yiu had transferred HK$500,000 from a secret account as Ho Wing-keung received the same amount at a Macau casino.
• Chow Sing Sing confirmed Ho Wing-keung was supervising HSBC’s US$100 million cash escort and ordered He Wenzhan’s team to stand by and Luo Danian to prepare traffic controls.
• Chow Sing Sing studied a map of Hong Kong Island and began planning a route that would lead Tin Yeung-sang’s group into a dead end.

Chow Sing Sing used his authority and Sir Kwan’s backing to persuade HSBC chief executive Alderdun to change the armored truck’s route, setting a trap for Tin Yeung-sang’s group. He ordered HSBC to keep the route secret until just before departure.

• Chow Sing Sing recognized that the bank’s route would only be given to its transport supervisor shortly before departure, giving him a chance to shape the operation.
• Chow Sing Sing called HSBC chief executive Alderdun through an official line and demanded that the bank follow the National Security Department’s route.
• Alderdun hesitated over changing the route, but agreed after Chow Sing Sing said Sir Kwan was watching the matter.
• Chow Sing Sing instructed HSBC to send the truck along Queen’s Road, Queensway, Arsenal Street, and Gloucester Road before it entered Kowloon through the Hung Hom Tunnel.
• Chow Sing Sing told Alderdun to disclose the full route only to the transport supervisor just before departure and keep it confidential.

Chow Sing Sing arranged an ambush for the Tin Yeung-sang Ronin Group along the cash-in-transit vehicle’s route, deploying reserve officers and positioning the main assault team near Gloucester Road. The operation began with both forces awaiting further orders as the vehicle approached.

• Chow Sing Sing chose the Cross-Harbour Tunnel route, expecting the Ronin Group to strike after the vehicle left Hong Kong Island’s central core.
• Chow Sing Sing learned that the Paparazzi officers carried pistols and ordered Gei Siu-kwan to deploy Operations Group Three as a reserve force.
• Gei Siu-kwan took his men to support the Intelligence Group, with Chan Kwok-wah assisting him.
• Chow Sing Sing ordered He Wenzhan and T Group to covertly take positions near Gloucester Road intersections and wait for the vehicle and command-center orders.
• Chow Sing Sing ordered the command center to display all CCTV feeds along the route.

Chow Sing Sing coordinated a police operation to intercept the Tin Yeung-sang Ronin Group as it moved to rob an HSBC cash van. He handed on-scene command to He Wenzhan, and the chapter ended as the convoy approached the van and police units converged.

• The HSBC cash van carrying one hundred million US dollars left the bank as intelligence teams tracked it and the Ronin Group’s vehicles.
• Chow Sing Sing handed on-scene command to He Wenzhan and ordered traffic controls, a Hung Hom Tunnel closure, and support teams to stand by.
• He Wenzhan deployed T Group officers along Gloucester Road while the cash van and the Ronin Group’s convoy moved toward each other.
• The Ronin Group’s red Honda accelerated to cut off the cash van, prompting He Wenzhan to order T Group to converge and other units to provide perimeter support.

The Ronin Group’s attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van was interrupted by the National Security Department, trapping the robbers between police teams. He Wenzhan and his officers disabled the gang’s vehicles, leaving them immobilised and surrounded.

• Tin Yeung-chi and the Ronin Group stopped the cash-in-transit van on Gloucester Road and began their armed robbery as civilians fled.
• Police vehicles arrived from both directions, and Tin Yeung-sang abandoned the plan to steal the cash and ordered the gang to escape.
• He Wenzhan ordered his team to shoot the tyres of the HiAce and black Lexus while Pang Yik-hang and Guan Zu moved to block the gang’s escape routes.
• Guan Zu’s team shot the tyres of the Red Honda and the other suspect vehicles, immobilising the Ronin Group.

The Hong Kong Island Police Force surrounded Tin Yeung-sang and his group after their attempted cash-in-transit robbery. Faced with He Wenzhan’s ultimatum, Tin Yeung-sang chose surrender, and the police prepared to take the suspects, guards, and money back to headquarters.

• Tin Yeung-sang led his group out of the car and ordered them to use it as cover and avoid shooting.
• He Wenzhan announced that the group was surrounded and gave them one minute to surrender, then ordered a flashbang fired.
• As He Wenzhan counted down, Tin Yeung-yi asked whether they should fight, and Tin Yeung-sang threw his revolver over the car and chose to surrender.
• The other core members followed Tin Yeung-sang and threw out their weapons.
• Tin Yeung-sang and the others emerged with their hands raised, and He Wenzhan ordered officers to take the suspects, guards, and evidence back to headquarters.

He Wenzhan’s operation successfully arrested Tin Yeung-sang and his group, while the cash-in-transit crew and armoured van were secured for the investigation. He then reunited with Wai King-dat, who complained about the flashbang before He warned him to change his hairstyle ahead of meeting senior officers.

• He Wenzhan ordered Pang Yik-hang to split Tin Yeung-sang and the other arrested criminals among the armoured vehicles, while Wai King-dat was taken separately.
• He Wenzhan found Ho Wing-keung among the cash-in-transit crew and had the crew taken to Tai Kwun to assist with the investigation.
• He Wenzhan ordered Guan Zu to record the armoured cash van’s journey back to Tai Kwun because it contained 100 million US dollars.
• Wai King-dat complained to He Wenzhan that the flashbang had affected his vision and joked that He would have to support him if he suffered lasting damage.
• He Wenzhan told Wai King-dat to be more composed and change his hairstyle before meeting senior officers.

Zhou Quan oversaw Cheung Man Yiu’s arrest after Tin Yeung-sang and Ho Wing-keung gave statements implicating him. The next morning, Zhou welcomed Wai King-dat back to the Police Force with his younger brother Wai King-hao present.

• Zhou Quan ordered Cheung Man Yiu’s arrest, and Chow Sing Sing sent Ah Keung to carry it out.
• Tin Yeung-sang and Ho Wing-keung gave statements implicating Cheung Man Yiu, and the evidence led to a formal arrest warrant and a planned High Court trial.
• Zhou Quan prepared to receive Crouching Tiger Member Wai King-dat in full dress uniform at the Tai Kwun headquarters.
• Chow Sing Sing and He Wenzhan brought Wai King-dat and his younger brother Wai King-hao into Zhou Quan’s office.
• Zhou Quan reassured the nervous Wai King-hao that, as Wai King-dat’s younger brother, he was one of their own.

Zhou Quan formally welcomed Wai King-dat back to the Police Force, promoted him, and presented him with a personal gift after praising his service undercover. Outside the office, Chow Sing Sing revealed that the gift was a custom watch marking Wai King-dat as one of Zhou Quan’s recognized men.

• Zhou Quan reflected that the Crouching Tiger members trained under He Wenzhan belonged to his trusted direct line, while future members might become ordinary members of the Zhou Faction.
• Zhou Quan praised Wai King-dat’s intelligence work and undercover courage, then announced his return to the Police Force with a three-rank promotion and probationary inspector training.
• Zhou Quan replaced Wai King-dat’s insignia with station sergeant insignia and urged him to remain loyal to the Police Force.
• Zhou Quan gave Wai King-dat a gift box and encouraged Wai King-hao to follow his elder brother’s example before dismissing the group.
• Chow Sing Sing explained that the custom watch inside Wai King-dat’s gift box bore his warrant number and identified him as one of Zhou Quan’s recognized officers.

At the first full Police Force Management Meeting of the millennium, Number One formalized the National Security Department’s leadership and promoted Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing. Zhou Quan became a Senior Assistant Commissioner, while Chow Sing Sing joined the Police Force’s core management as an Assistant Commissioner.

• Number One announced that Zhou Quan had been promoted to Senior Assistant Commissioner and would continue commanding the National Security Department.
• Zhou Quan stood, saluted the assembled officers, and took his seat after receiving their applause.
• Number One announced Chow Sing Sing’s promotion to Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the National Security Department.
• Chow Sing Sing saluted, joined the dais, and took his place in the Police Force’s core management.

Number One restructured the National Security Department into a fully established core department, raising its standing and creating more opportunities for advancement. Zhou Quan relaxed with his senior officers before receiving a call from Guan Youbo, who managed the Zhou Foundation’s growing fortune.

• Number One renamed and elevated the National Security Department’s three divisions, promoted their commanders, and clarified their responsibilities.
• The department’s officers updated their records and insignia, while Zhou Quan’s subordinates anticipated future promotions under the new structure.
• Zhou Quan and his trusted officers took a rare break in his office after the Management Meeting.
• Guan Youbo called Zhou Quan, whose Zhou Foundation had grown to a valuation exceeding five billion Hong Kong dollars and funded faction benefits and charitable work.
• Zhou Quan had transferred the Foundation into Au Wing-yan’s name, and an Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation had found its activities lawful.

Guan Youbo warned Zhou Quan that the Z Fund, despite attracting a planned Hong Kong Government investment, appeared to operate like a Ponzi scheme and could collapse. Zhou Quan said he would investigate, then asked his National Security Department management what they knew about the fund.

• Au Wing-yan left the Zhou Foundation's daily operations to Guan Youbo while focusing on her career and caring for Zhou Quan's children.
• Guan Youbo called Zhou Quan about a five-hundred-million-Hong-Kong-dollar subscription allocation in the Z Fund, which was due to list in half a month.
• Guan Youbo explained that the fund offered suspiciously high returns and seemed to rely on new investors, making him fear it could collapse.
• Zhou Quan recognized Guan Youbo's warning and said he would make investigating the Z Fund a priority.
• Zhou Quan asked his officers about the fund, and Kwan Man Chin identified it as the one tied to the Hong Kong Government's planned fifteen-billion-dollar Welfare Fund investment.

Zhou Quan ordered the National Security Department to investigate Z Fund, whose planned public offering could put billions in government and public money at risk. Realizing he had overlooked the potential commercial crime because he relied too heavily on his prior knowledge, he resolved to take responsibility and ensure the Police Force became involved.

• Zhou Quan asked his senior officers what they knew about Z Fund, but Kwan Man Chin and the others had little information.
• Zhou Quan ordered every department to investigate Z Fund and report detailed intelligence at an afternoon Management Meeting.
• Zhou Quan began studying Z Fund and reflected that he had overlooked the issue because commercial crime was not the Police Force’s main focus.
• Zhou Quan recalled that Guan Youbo’s reminder had helped him connect Z Fund to the case Luk Chi-lim had investigated, and recognized that his advance knowledge could not be trusted completely.
• Zhou Quan decided that he had a duty to investigate the case and would not leave it entirely to the ICAC.

The National Security Department rapidly investigated the Z Fund and found signs that its unusually high returns might come from laundered criminal funds. Kwan Man Chin presented a network linking the fund’s listing to several influential figures, leaving the department to test its suspicion of undisclosed dealings.

• Luo Danian reported that the Z Risk-Hedging Fund had international shareholders suspected of Triad involvement and that its returns might be generated by laundered criminal funds.
• Kwan Man Chin presented evidence that Wu Chi-yung and Xu Huaijing had arranged the Z Fund’s listing and related government contacts.
• Kwan Man Chin identified Leung On-ying as Wu Chi-yung’s girlfriend and a close associate of Xu Huaijing.
• Kwan Man Chin revealed that Leung On-ying had traveled to Macau with Superintendent Wong Man-bun and that Wong had visited Tim Kee Cha Chaan Teng.
• Kwan Man Chin concluded that the relationships among the three men and Leung On-ying formed a suspicious network that might conceal serious problems with the Z Fund.

Zhou Quan’s team confirmed that the Z Fund was tied to suspected organized crime and possible corruption within the Commercial Crime Bureau. He launched Operation Z Storm to investigate the suspects and stop the fund from going public within two weeks.

• Kwan Man Chin presented findings on the Z Fund, and Lok Kai-cheung reported that its chairman, Zorro, was under FBI investigation for suspected ties to Silver Triangle drug syndicates.
• Zhou Quan ordered Ah Nin’s Operations Department to surveil everyone in the dossiers and directed Ah Kwan’s Political Department to continue investigating the Z Fund.
• Yeung Chi-lung reported that Superintendent Wong Man-bun planned to travel to Macau that night.
• Yeung Kam Wing reported that Wong had closed a money-laundering complaint against accountant Law Tak-wing despite detailed evidence, and that the evidence laptop was missing from Tai Kwun’s Evidence Room.
• Zhou Quan ordered the team to keep Wong under close watch, identify which Macau casino he entered, and launched Operation Z Storm with a two-week deadline to prevent the Z Fund from going public.

Yeung Chi-lung’s team gathered casino records and other evidence showing Wong Man-bun had amassed unexplained wealth and accepted bribes. Zhou Quan prepared to move against Wong while inviting Leung On-ying in for a courteous meeting.

• Yeung Chi-lung’s team documented Wong Man-bun’s Macau casino spending and obtained his transaction records with help from the Ho family.
• Luo Danian reported that Wong Man-bun had deposited more than fifty million Hong Kong dollars at the casino and had no legitimate income to explain it.
• Luo Danian said the evidence, combined with the Lo Tak-wing accounting firm case, could support charges against Wong Man-bun.
• Luo Danian reported that Leung On-ying had returned to work at a dog grooming shop and volunteered at Tim Kee Cha Chaan Teng.
• Zhou Quan asked Ah Xian to invite Leung On-ying in and summoned Ah Keung as he prepared to act against Wong Man-bun.

Lau Bo-keung led the National Security Department’s Internal Investigation Group One to arrest Wong Man-bun, only to find the ICAC already preparing to take him away. As the two operations converged at the Commercial Crime Bureau, Lau announced that Wong had to stay at Police Force headquarters for questioning.

• Zhou Quan signed an arrest warrant and ordered Lau Bo-keung to bring Wong Man-bun in for questioning.
• Lau Bo-keung recruited Yeung Kam Wing and led a team to the Commercial Crime Bureau, where they heard a dispute underway.
• Tsang Yuk-ming confronted the ICAC team, then agreed that the Police Force would cooperate with its investigation.
• The ICAC officer ordered his team to take Wong Man-bun away politely.
• Lau Bo-keung interrupted the ICAC operation and declared that Wong Man-bun had to remain at Police Force headquarters.

Lau Bo-keung and Yeung Kam Wing arrived at the Commercial Crime Bureau with an arrest warrant signed by Zhou Quan, taking precedence over the ICAC’s effort to bring Wong Man-bun in for questioning. Luk Chi-lim yielded but vowed to continue investigating Wong Man-bun, who was ordered to accompany the National Security Department.

• Lau Bo-keung and Yeung Kam Wing entered the Commercial Crime Bureau and told Luk Chi-lim they would explain their purpose.
• Lau Bo-keung informed Tsang Yuk-ming that they were taking Wong Man-bun to the National Security Department, and Yeung Kam Wing showed him Zhou Quan’s arrest warrant.
• Tsang Yuk-ming approved the National Security Department’s operation and stepped aside, recognizing its statutory priority over the ICAC.
• Luk Chi-lim accepted that he could not take Wong Man-bun that day but decided to continue investigating him through other avenues.
• Lau Bo-keung ordered Wong Man-bun to come with the National Security Department team.

Lau Bo-keung and Yeung Kam Wing brought Wong Man-bun to the National Security Department for questioning over his role in the Z Fund conspiracy. After reading the evidence, Wong Man-bun admitted his guilt and offered to cooperate as a prosecution witness.

• Lau Bo-keung led Wong Man-bun away from the Commercial Crime Bureau while its members watched in silence.
• Lau Bo-keung and Yeung Kam Wing questioned Wong Man-bun as Zhou Quan and Kwan Man Chin listened from the observation room.
• Lau Bo-keung gave Wong Man-bun five minutes to read files detailing the Z Fund conspiracy and evidence against him.
• Wong Man-bun admitted his guilt and asked to cooperate in exchange for leniency and the chance to become a prosecution witness.