Recaps

Guan Zu took control of the Fenghua International operation and brought Wong Fuk-wing and Lee Kwong to the National Security Department, where the three shareholders awaited interrogation. As Guan Zu began questioning Law Yiu-ming, Law feared that the National Security Department had uncovered something more serious than insider trading and market manipulation.

• Guan Zu ended the Joint Action Group's operation, and his men took its equipment and files back to the National Security Department while another team arrested Fenghua International's three shareholders.
• Guan Zu brought Wong Fuk-wing and Lee Kwong to the Operations Security Department and arranged for Jing Jinxian to restore the tampered surveillance footage and recordings.
• Guan Zu asked Pang Yik-hang to supervise the interrogation, then entered the interrogation room with Wong Fuk-wing and Lee Kwong.
• Guan Zu ordered Law Yiu-ming brought in and began questioning him as the shareholder with the largest stake and the strongest link to the insider trading incident.
• Law Yiu-ming realized the National Security Department's involvement might mean Fenghua International's hidden activities had been exposed, and he grew afraid.

Guan Zu pressured Law Yiu-ming with evidence of a listening device, prompting Law to bargain for witness protection and leniency. He then named Ma Zhihua, chairman of the Huaye Group, as the mastermind behind Fenghua International and revealed where he had hidden the receiver and evidence.

• Guan Zu confronted Law Yiu-ming with the lighter containing a listening device and warned that police were searching for its receiver.
• Law Yiu-ming asked for the Witness Protection Programme and a court application to reduce his culpability, warning that the mastermind might escape.
• Pang Yik-hang approved Law's demands through Guan Zu's earpiece.
• Law Yiu-ming identified Ma Zhihua, chairman of the Huaye Group, as the biggest mastermind behind Fenghua International.
• Law Yiu-ming revealed that the listening device's receiver and the evidence he had collected were in Room 902 of the Fenghua Building.

Law Yiu-ming began giving evidence against Huaye Group chairman Ma Zhihua, prompting the National Security Department to consider handing the investigation to Lau Bo-keung's Political Investigation Department. He Wenzhan instructed Pang Yik-hang to brief Lau and ensure the Commercial Crime Bureau and Criminal Intelligence Bureau received credit, leaving the next step with Lau.

• Guan Zu pressed Law Yiu-ming for details as he disclosed evidence implicating Ma Zhihua in financial crimes.
• Pang Yik-hang called He Wenzhan to report Law's cooperation and the evidence against Ma.
• He Wenzhan told Pang to brief Lau Bo-keung, since the Political Investigation Department should handle the follow-up investigation.
• He Wenzhan reminded Pang to include the Commercial Crime Bureau and Criminal Intelligence Bureau in any operation, following Sir Kwan's instructions.
• Pang called Lau and told him their team leader had something good for his team.

Pang Yik-hang told Lau Bo-keung that Law Yiu-ming had implicated Ma Zhihua in Fenghua International’s crimes, and Lau prepared to lead the arrest operation. The chapter left Ma Zhihua’s most trusted henchman unknowingly caught in Law Yiu-ming’s scheme.

• Pang Yik-hang informed Lau Bo-keung that Guan Zu had obtained a confession from Law Yiu-ming and that Brother Zhan wanted the case transferred to Lau’s group.
• Pang relayed that the breakthrough came from the joint effort of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau and the Commercial Crime Bureau, and Lau agreed to include the other officers in the operation.
• Lau issued temporary arrest documents, gathered his men, and joined Pang, Guan Zu, and the others after Law Yiu-ming’s interrogation.
• Guan Zu gave Lau a copy of Law Yiu-ming’s statement, which described Ma Zhihua’s criminal operations and the recordings Law had made of him ordering market manipulation.
• Lau learned that Law had no direct proof of Ma’s gravest crimes, but had maneuvered Ma’s trusted henchman into his scheme.

Lau Bo-keung organized a coordinated operation to arrest Ma Zhihua and his associates, seize evidence, and search key locations. The teams set out for their targets, with Lau Bo-keung taking Wong Fuk-wing and Lee Kwong to Huaye Group.

• Lau Bo-keung explained that Law Yiu-ming had gathered evidence against Ma Zhihua’s right-hand man at Room 902 of the Fenghua Building, which could help build a case against Ma Zhihua.
• Lau Bo-keung assigned Pang Yik-hang to oversee the Fenghua Building search and Guan Zu to arrest Ma Zhihua’s men.
• Lau Bo-keung gave Yeung Kam Wing search warrants and sent him to seal Ma Zhihua’s residence while he led a team to Huaye Group.
• Wong Fuk-wing and Lee Kwong agreed to accompany Lau Bo-keung to meet Huaye Group’s chairman.
• Lau Bo-keung ordered the operation to begin, and the teams departed for their assigned targets.

The National Security Department raided Huaye Group’s offices to arrest Ma Zhihua, with Senior Inspector Wai King-dat leading the way. Wai King-dat reached Ma’s office just as he tried to destroy information and broke in to stop him.

• Lau Bo-keung and his officers arrived at the Financial Centre, while Wai King-dat ordered the lifts restricted to the nineteenth floor.
• Wai King-dat showed the receptionist his credentials and led officers into Huaye Group with an Emergency Search Warrant.
• Wai King-dat ordered the employees to stay at their workstations and hurried toward Ma Zhihua’s office.
• Wai King-dat spotted Ma Zhihua using his computer and suspected he was destroying incriminating information.
• Wai King-dat broke through Ma Zhihua’s locked glass door, drew his Glock, and ordered him to surrender.

Ma Zhihua tried to regain control after deleting files during a National Security Department raid, but Wai King-dat restrained him. Lau Bo-keung formally arrested him on suspicion of multiple serious crimes.

• Ma Zhihua convinced himself the deleted files would obscure his connections to criminal organizations and money laundering.
• Ma Zhihua challenged Wai King-dat for drawing his gun and threatened to file a complaint.
• Wai King-dat twisted Ma Zhihua's arm behind his back and pinned him onto the desk.
• Lau Bo-keung arrived with Wong Fuk-wing and Lee Kwong and dismissed Ma Zhihua's threat to complain.
• Lau Bo-keung arrested Ma Zhihua on suspicion of commercial fraud, market manipulation, insider trading, murder, and money laundering.

Lau Bo-keung’s men arrested Huaye Group chairman Ma Zhihua and brought him to Tai Kwun, where Lau ordered him held without visitors for forty-eight hours. Lau planned to build the case using evidence from Ma’s top henchman, whom Guan Zu’s team had gone to arrest.

• Wai King-dat slapped Ma Zhihua, and Lau Bo-keung ordered him taken back to Tai Kwun.
• Ma Zhihua refused to cooperate, so officers handcuffed him behind his back and marched him out without a hood.
• Wai King-dat stayed behind to collect Ma’s computers and documents while Lau Bo-keung escorted him to headquarters.
• Lau Bo-keung ordered Ma sent to the detention room with no visitors for forty-eight hours, including his lawyer.
• Lau Bo-keung relied on Law Yiu-ming’s information and Ma’s top henchman’s secret evidence to build the case against Ma.
• Guan Zu led T Group elites to arrest Ma’s top henchman, whom Lau expected to provide the key evidence.

Zhou Quan heard Luo Danian’s report that the Huaye Group case had been concluded and that Ma Zhihua would face trial on multiple charges. After learning that Ma’s hidden accounts linked him to South American drug traffickers, Zhou Quan considered how to strike back at them.

• Zhou Quan asked Chow Sing Sing and Luo Danian about the Huaye Group case, and Chow Sing Sing left the report to Luo Danian.
• Luo Danian said Ma Zhihua had been implicated in insider trading, market manipulation, money laundering, murder, and other offenses, with evidence gathered within twenty-four hours.
• Luo Danian reported that Ma Zhihua had disclosed anonymous American bank accounts tied mainly to South American drug traffickers.
• Luo Danian explained that Leung Chun-yee received neither reward nor punishment, while Lin Yixiang and Yeung Chun were transferred to border duty after committing misfeasance.
• Zhou Quan focused on the South American drug traffickers behind Ma Zhihua and considered how to retaliate against them.

Zhou Quan planned to use the Silver Triangle drug lords’ bank accounts to secure FBI cooperation while ordering a Hong Kong-wide crackdown on drug crimes. He then headed to a Police Force core management meeting with Chow Sing Sing and Luo Danian.

• Zhou Quan told Ah Nin to have Ah Cheung contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation and hand over the Silver Triangle drug lords’ bank accounts.
• Zhou Quan ordered a priority drug crackdown led by the National Security Department, with the Narcotics Investigation Division and district criminal investigation departments coordinating the operation.
• Zhou Quan directed officers to target drug users, dealers, couriers, and especially suppliers active in recent weeks.
• Chow Sing Sing and Luo Danian saluted Zhou Quan and prepared to carry out his orders.
• Zhou Quan drained his tea and went with Chow Sing Sing and Luo Danian to the Police Force core management meeting.

Wong Bing Yiu convened the Police Force’s senior management to discuss replacing its outdated communications system. Zhou Quan and Tsang Yuk-ming supported a third-generation system with integrated command and control functions, leaving the proposal poised to move forward.

• Wong Bing Yiu opened the management meeting by citing reports that criminals had infiltrated the Police Force’s radio communications and argued that the system needed attention.
• Wong Bing Yiu asked Zhou Quan to assess the problem and recommend a course of action.
• Zhou Quan explained that the second-generation radio system had become outdated and insecure, and proposed launching a third-generation communications project with an integrated command and control system.
• Tsang Yuk-ming agreed with Zhou Quan and said the current system was vulnerable and that a new project was imperative.

Tsang Yuk-ming familiarized himself with his new Operations role while the Police Force’s core management agreed that it needed a Third-Generation Communications System. The proposal faced a major funding shortfall, leaving Wong Bing Yiu to consider how to secure the money without cutting operational budgets.

• Tsang Yuk-ming reviewed the state of Police Force operations and remained concerned that criminals could intercept frontline officers’ communications.
• Wong Bing Yiu asked Choi Yuen-kei for his view on the Third-Generation Communications System proposal, and Choi supported it while warning that the project would be expensive.
• Wong Bing Yiu asked Lau Kit-fai about the Police Force’s finances, and Lau said the existing budget and projected surpluses would not cover the project.
• Lau Kit-fai considered that funding the system might require cuts to the operations budget, but did not raise the idea because Wong Bing Yiu, Kwan, and Tsang Yuk-ming all backed Operations.

Wong Bing Yiu rejected cutting operational budgets and ordered an assessment of the funding needed for the Police Force's third-generation communications command system. When he proposed that Zhou Quan lead its working group, Zhou instead nominated Choi Yuen-kei to take charge while he oversaw the project from outside.

• Wong Bing Yiu told Lau Kit-fai to review the previous two years' budgets and estimate the cost of the new communications command system so he could seek additional government funding.
• Wong Bing Yiu asked Zhou Quan and Choi Yuen-kei to lead a dedicated group building the system, and the other senior figures supported his proposal.
• Zhou Quan declined to head the group and proposed that Choi Yuen-kei take charge because of his knowledge of the Police Force's existing communications system.
• Zhou Quan offered to review the project's progress from outside the group, citing the importance of confidentiality and the National Security Department's strengths.

Wong Bing Yiu approved the Police Force's Third Generation Communications Command System and appointed Choi Yuen-kei to lead its working group, with Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Zhan as deputy. Zhou Quan stayed out of direct leadership to avoid conflicts of interest and planned to review the project as it moved toward procurement and implementation.

• Zhou Quan explained that he would supervise and review the system's development rather than lead its working group, citing the need to avoid criticism if his communications company bid for the contract.
• Wong Bing Yiu accepted Zhou Quan's proposal and selected Choi Yuen-kei to lead the Special Working Group.
• Wong Bing Yiu appointed Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Zhan as Choi Yuen-kei's deputy, and both accepted their roles.
• Wong Bing Yiu formally announced that the Police Force's Third Generation Communications Command System was approved, and the core management saluted in agreement.
• Wong Bing Yiu adjourned the meeting and prepared to report the decision to Mr. Dong and seek funding from the Financial Secretary.

After the Police Force approved its Third-generation Communications Command System project, Zhou Quan summoned Choi Yuen-kei to discuss his responsibility for the special task force. He warned Choi that any security breach would bring grave blame, and Choi vowed loyalty to the Police Force, the Hong Kong Government, and the nation.

• After the meeting, Zhou Quan invited Choi Yuen-kei to his office, and Choi readily accepted.
• Zhou Quan served Choi fine tea and reminded him that their past connection included Choi's support.
• Zhou Quan stressed that the new communications system was vital to protecting confidential information and urged Choi to prioritize secrecy while leading the special task force.
• Zhou Quan warned that any breach within the Police Force would leave them both responsible, and Choi stood and pledged never to betray the Police Force, the Hong Kong Government, or the nation.

After Sir Kwan warned Choi Yuen-kei that national interests could not be compromised, Choi feared his dealings with foreign-linked figures had drawn National Security’s scrutiny. Zhou Quan had ordered the Political Investigation Department to monitor those figures, while the chapter left their suspected collusion under investigation.

• Sir Kwan stressed the importance of safeguarding national interests, prompting Choi Yuen-kei to worry that his recent contacts had attracted scrutiny.
• The Political Investigation Department identified Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, and Gilbert Lee as figures cultivating government officials and maintaining foreign connections.
• Kwan Man Chin submitted the investigation files to Zhou Quan, who suspected the three were linked to the future Cold War incident.
• Zhou Quan contrasted the altered political loyalties of Lai Wing-lim with Choi Yuen-kei’s limited influence in the Police Force.
• Zhou Quan kept the Political Investigation Department focused on the three figures as he sought to prevent foreign influence from returning to Hong Kong Island.

Zhou Quan weighed Choi Yuen-kei’s ambitions and past choices, deciding to keep him under watch rather than move against him. He turned his attention to the Cold War Ambition Trio and planned to discuss Deputy Director Li with his senior fellow disciple.

• Choi Yuen-kei’s record and education had earned him the foreigners’ trust, though he had remained among the Chinese contingent and recognized Hong Kong’s return as inevitable.
• Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, and Gilbert Lee had tried to cultivate Choi Yuen-kei, but he had kept his distance and never attended their private gatherings.
• Zhou Quan decided Choi Yuen-kei’s current actions mattered more than suspicions about his ambitions, and he would let him help develop the Police Force while keeping him in check.
• Zhou Quan identified the Cold War Ambition Trio and the five figures behind the future Cold War Incident as his real targets for attention.
• Zhou Quan planned to discuss Deputy Director Li with his senior fellow disciple, recognizing Li’s influence alongside Lai Wing-lim.

Zhou Quan brought Au Wing-yan and their children, Little Changle and Little Chang'an, to Oswald's villa for dinner with his fellow disciples. After the family shared a cheerful meal, Zhou Quan, Oswald, and Lai Wing-lim went upstairs to discuss important matters.

• Zhou Quan drove Au Wing-yan, Little Changle, and Little Chang'an to Oswald's villa, where Oswald and Lai Wing-lim welcomed them.
• Oswald and Lai Wing-lim eagerly greeted and hugged Little Changle and Little Chang'an, while Au Wing-yan joined them.
• Oswald served a carefully prepared Chinese dinner, and the family chatted together around the table.
• After dinner, Au Wing-yan and her senior female disciples cleared up while Zhou Quan, Oswald, and Lai Wing-lim headed to the study for a private discussion.

Zhou Quan asked Lai Wing-lim whether he had dealings with Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, and Gilbert Lee, then heard Lai describe their approaches and his decision to decline them. Zhou Quan kept the National Security Department’s investigation confidential, while Lai and Oswald understood his concerns and did not press him.

• Zhou Quan asked Lai Wing-lim whether he had dealt with Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, or Gilbert Lee.
• Lai Wing-lim described Lydia and Ma Cheuk-yin’s government roles, said Gilbert Lee was close to them, and revealed that all three had approached him.
• Lai Wing-lim said he had politely declined their approaches and focused on his work at the Department of Justice.
• Oswald asked whether the three had divided loyalties or backing from someone with political ambitions.
• Zhou Quan said he had only asked casually and refused to discuss official business, leaving Oswald and Lai Wing-lim to accept his silence.

Zhou Quan ordered a focused National Security Department investigation into Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, and Gilbert Lee after their complicated connections and confidential meetings raised suspicions. He put Chow Sing Sing in charge of the operation and set it to run until next year's review and assessment.

• Zhou Quan summoned Chow Sing Sing, Luo Danian, and the Political Investigation Department's senior staff to a meeting.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, and Gilbert Lee had no apparent irregularities but had complicated careers, cultivated influential contacts, and attended confidential gatherings.
• Zhou Quan ordered the Political Investigation Department to pay particular attention to the three and assigned Chow Sing Sing to arrange the operation.
• Zhou Quan tasked Luo Danian with forming a dedicated investigation team, with Sergeant Guan's help and technical support from the Intelligence Group.
• Zhou Quan directed the team to use elite officers without tying up excessive manpower and to continue the investigation until next year's review and assessment.

Zhou Quan’s special investigation into the Cold War Incident proceeded under the leadership of Yeung Kam Wing, Su Kin-chiu, and Jing Jinxian, while Zhou returned to his usual duties. Chow Sing Sing then alerted Zhou that something had happened to Ling Jing, leaving Zhou composed but concerned as Chow hurried to his office.

• Luo Danian, Kwan Man Chin, and senior officers oversaw the Cold War Incident investigation while Yeung Kam Wing led its fieldwork.
• Su Kin-chiu joined the temporary special investigation team, supported by Jing Jinxian’s Intelligence Group squad.
• Zhou Quan returned to routine Police Force business as the investigation progressed smoothly.
• Chow Sing Sing called Zhou Quan to report that something had happened to Ling Jing.
• Zhou Quan told Chow Sing Sing to come to his office, and Chow hurried to the top floor of Tai Kwun.

Chow Sing Sing reported that Ling Jing had accidentally killed a hostage during an operation and was facing internal hearings. Zhou Quan ordered the case files gathered and prepared to review whether Ling Jing had been at fault.

• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that Ling Jing had shot and killed the heir to BNC Bank during a mission, and South New Territories and SDU had detained him pending hearings.
• Zhou Quan said the matter should be handled according to law and Police Force regulations, and that Ling Jing should not be blamed if he had performed his duties properly.
• Zhou Quan ordered the Political Investigation Department to compile the case files for his review.
• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that Sergeant Guan had already begun collecting the information and offered to drive him.

Zhou Quan traveled with a G4 convoy to Fanling Base to investigate Ling Jing’s role in a hostage’s death and decide whether he needed to defend him from pressure within the Police Force. As the convoy arrived, Zhou Quan was determined to judge Ling Jing’s responsibility for himself.

• Chow Sing Sing came alone to tell Zhou Quan that Ling Jing was caught up in a hearing, while National Security Department management monitored Zhou Quan’s movements.
• Ying Cheung-sam led a G4 convoy carrying Zhou Quan and Chow Sing Sing from Tai Kwun to Fanling Base.
• Zhou Quan considered whether Ling Jing had caused the hostage’s death through negligence or had acted properly in the line of duty.
• Zhou Quan recalled Ling Jing’s combat-focused career and his own plans to groom him for future Police Force leadership.
• Ying Cheung-sam told Zhou Quan that they had reached Fanling Base, where the Mobile Unit Deputy Head and SDU Commander were waiting.

Zhou Quan visited Fanling Base to see Ling Jing, who had been detained after accidentally killing a hostage. After Mobile Unit management welcomed him and arranged a private meeting, Zhou Quan entered the reception room, where Ling Jing greeted him looking haggard.

• Yang Zi'an and Mobile Unit management welcomed Zhou Quan's convoy at Fanling Base.
• Zhou Quan asked Yang Zi'an to arrange a room so he could see Ling Jing.
• Yang Zi'an arranged the meeting and guided Zhou Quan to the reception room where Ling Jing was waiting.
• Ling Jing saluted Zhou Quan and said he had let his boss down.

Zhou Quan questioned Ling Jing about the fatal hostage shooting during a bank robbery operation and concluded that Ling Jing had acted properly. He asked whether anyone else at the scene could corroborate Ling Jing’s account.

• Ling Jing told Zhou Quan that he shot Ye Tao when the robber appeared ready to pull a grenade’s pin, but the bullet also killed the bank heir after the hostage suddenly moved into its path.
• Ling Jing explained that the South New Territories commander had delayed the assault because of pressure from BNC Bank’s major shareholder.
• Zhou Quan condemned the commander’s handling of the operation and asked Ling Jing whether his account was entirely factual.
• Ling Jing swore that he had told the truth, and Zhou Quan believed that he had acted without negligence.
• Zhou Quan asked Ling Jing whether anyone else at the scene could confirm his account.