Recaps

Chow Sing Sing reported that Red Thief had disappeared from view and left no recent traces on Hong Kong Island. Zhou Quan ordered the National Security Department to tighten personnel screening and prepare for threats, while hinting that Chow would soon transfer to the Operations Department.

• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that Red Thief had been inactive internationally and had no known recent presence on Hong Kong Island.
• Zhou Quan warned that Red Thief or other hostile organizations could target Hong Kong Island and stressed the National Security Department’s counterespionage and security duties.
• Zhou Quan assigned the department’s upcoming personnel assessments and screening work to Ah Nin, with Luo Danian and Sergeant Guan handling it.
• Zhou Quan hinted that Chow Sing Sing would soon move to the Operations Department and advised him to give younger men more responsibility.

Chow Sing Sing agreed to support Wong Bing Yiu’s planned reshuffle of the National Security Department, while the department’s successful transnational operations helped secure approval for the wider Police Force changes. At a management meeting, Wong announced that the Third-generation Communications Command System had passed acceptance testing and would begin operating the next day.

• Chow Sing Sing understood that Wong Bing Yiu was preparing a major management reshuffle and resolved to bring whichever department he transferred to under Wong’s command.
• Nearly two months later, the Transnational Operations teams led by Kong Chi Lap and Lok Kai-cheung returned safely to Hong Kong Island.
• After the Police Force publicized the teams’ success, Wong Bing Yiu submitted the personnel reshuffle for approval, and the Hong Kong Government approved it without changes.
• Wong convened a Police Force Management Meeting and announced that the Third-generation Communications Command System had passed acceptance testing and would be used from the next day.
• Wong urged officers to use the new technology without neglecting loyalty and service, while Choi Yuen-kei and Zhou Quan looked on as the management applauded.

Wong Bing Yiu announced the honourable retirements of Tsang Yuk-ming and several senior officers, then named their replacements in the Police Force core management. The appointments strengthened Sir Kwan’s influence, and further senior superintendent-level changes were set to follow after the meeting.

• Wong Bing Yiu announced that Tsang Yuk-ming, Sir Zhan, Sir Cao, Madam ACP Ko, and other senior officers had received approval for early honourable retirement.
• Tsang Yuk-ming gave the command “All personnel, salute!” in his native tongue, and the officers saluted their subordinates before the auditorium applauded their service.
• Wong Bing Yiu announced promotions and transfers, including Lee Man-bun as Deputy Commissioner, Chow Sing Sing as Operations Department director, and Luo Danian as National Security Department director.
• Senior superintendents recognized that the appointments strengthened Sir Kwan’s control over the Police Force, though they raised no objections to the changes.
• Wong Bing Yiu said the Personnel Division would issue further senior superintendent-level adjustments after the meeting and directed those promoted or transferred to take up their posts within the coming days.

After the Police Force’s veteran leaders retired, Zhou Quan convened a farewell meeting for his trusted National Security Department subordinates and announced their promotions and transfers. He left Luo Danian to lead the department as he prepared to focus on the Police Force as a whole.

• Wong Bing Yiu led Police Force management in seeing Tsang Yuk-ming and the other retiring veterans out of Police Force Headquarters.
• Zhou Quan asked Chow Sing Sing to gather the National Security Department’s trusted officers for a management meeting before their transfers.
• Zhou Quan congratulated the officers on their promotions and announced Chow Sing Sing’s transfer to the Operations Department, along with other senior officers’ new posts.
• Zhou Quan handed the appointment documents to Luo Danian, designating him to chair the meeting and lead the National Security Department system.
• Luo Danian read out the appointments of He Wenzhan, Chan Kwok-wah, and Lau Bo-keung as department heads who would remain in National Security.
• Luo Danian announced that Gei Siu-kwan, Chung Kam-ming, Chan Sau-yan, and Kung Ka-pui would transfer to Criminal Operations, with Chung Kam-ming tasked with establishing the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau.

Zhou Quan finalized a major Police Force reshuffle, promoting and assigning his trusted officers across several departments. After the meeting, Luo Danian took responsibility for the National Security Department while Chow Sing Sing and the other transferred officers prepared to begin their new posts.

• Luo Danian announced Chan Wing Yan’s promotion and transfer to head Mobile Unit Headquarters, and Duan Xiangren’s promotion and transfer to head the Consultation Systems Department.
• Zhou Quan arranged for Yu Suqiu to head the Internal Investigations Branch and appointed newly promoted officers to command various action and investigation groups.
• Luo Danian finished reading the appointments, and Zhou Quan told the younger management to work with their superiors and prove themselves.
• Zhou Quan assigned Luo Danian responsibility for the National Security Department’s remaining personnel plans and adjourned the meeting.
• Luo Danian saluted Zhou Quan as he left, while Chow Sing Sing led the transferred officers out to take up their new posts.

With Typhoon Haishen approaching Hong Kong Island, Zhou Quan convened a special disaster preparedness meeting centered on national security. The department heads gathered at Tai Kwun as the Observatory prepared to issue the No. 8 Gale or Storm Signal.

• After receiving the Observatory’s warning about Typhoon Haishen, Zhou Quan called a meeting of the Disciplined Services at Tai Kwun.
• Zhou Quan informed Lok Ming-wah, who agreed to attend as the Security Bureau’s representative while its head was stranded outside Hong Kong Island.
• The department heads arrived at Tai Kwun’s Conference Room early despite the heavy rain.
• Zhou Quan took the head seat, Lok Ming-wah sat opposite him, and Commissioner of Customs Chan Wing-kan stood out among the other department heads.

Zhou Quan led a disaster preparedness meeting after the Observatory warned that Typhoon Haishen would trigger a No. 8 storm signal. With Lok Ming-wah’s support, he ordered the Police Force to raise its alert status and proposed raising Hong Kong Island’s response level, then sent the attendees back to prepare.

• Zhou Quan told the meeting that the Observatory would soon raise Typhoon Haishen’s warning to a No. 8 Gale or Storm Signal.
• Lok Ming-wah said the other Disciplined Services would fully cooperate with the Police Force under Zhou Quan’s direction.
• Zhou Quan proposed raising the Police Force to Level Two Alert, extending shifts, canceling frontline leave, and deploying two-thirds of its personnel.
• Zhou Quan said he would recommend raising Hong Kong Island’s response level to serious, and Lok Ming-wah pledged to report in support to the Executive Council.
• The attendees saluted and agreed to support the decisions, and Zhou Quan dismissed them to begin preparations.

After Super Typhoon Haishen changed course and spared Hong Kong Island, Zhou Quan held a closed-door meeting to review the Police Force’s response and follow-up work. The meeting turned to an arms-smuggling seizure by Customs, and Luo Danian warned that Customs might have landed in serious trouble.

• Haishen veered away from Hong Kong Island and headed toward Japan, while government departments continued post-typhoon duties.
• Zhou Quan chaired a core management meeting with Lee Man-bun, Choi Yuen-kei, and six Senior Assistant Commissioners.
• Lee Man-bun reported that the Marine Police and Anti-Narcotics Squad had cracked several drug-transportation cases, while Choi Yuen-kei said the Police Force had returned to normal operations.
• Chow Sing Sing reported that Customs had intercepted a smuggling freighter near Diu Chung Chau, where a foreigner and eight others had died from gunshot wounds and a large cache of arms and military equipment had been seized.
• Luo Danian warned that Customs might have landed in serious trouble over the seizure.

Luo Danian reported that the arms seized by Customs likely came from a shipment stolen in Thailand and was tied to international arms broker Doctor Luo. Zhou Quan avoided forcing Customs to surrender the case, instead preparing the Police Force to intervene if Customs proved unable to handle it.

• Luo Danian told Zhou Quan that a Thai Customs turncoat had been bribed by Doctor Luo, an arms broker with an extensive international network.
• Luo Danian said the weapons aboard the ship seized by Customs were likely stolen from the Thai military the previous month.
• Zhou Quan noted that Customs had not reported the case and appeared determined to handle it alone, though its limited resources might not match the threat.
• Zhou Quan ordered Ah Sing, Ah Nin, and Ah Yun to form a Joint Task Force and directed Ah Yan to secure the North District dangerous goods warehouse with covert SDU support nearby.
• Zhou Quan tasked NS with monitoring Doctor Luo and CIB with prioritizing a zoo in North New Territories, while keeping the Police Force ready to take over if Customs failed.

Kong Chi Lap and the Police Force prepared an ambush against a mercenary squad targeting the North District hazardous materials warehouse after Customs kept its arms seizure secret. The Police Force tracked fifteen armed suspects and suspected Customs insiders had helped them bring weapons into Hong Kong.

• Customs seized an arms-smuggling vessel but failed to notify the Police Force or request assistance guarding the hazardous materials warehouse.
• Zhou Quan arranged covert security preparations while Customs stored the seized weapons and coordinated an investigation with Thai officials.
• Kong Chi Lap, He Wenzhan, Chan Wing Yan, and Kung Ka-pui assembled at Fanling Training Base to oversee the coming operation.
• Kung Ka-pui reported that the Police Force had tracked fifteen suspects and identified a dump truck, a pickup truck, and a transport helicopter.
• Kong Chi Lap suspected that corrupt Customs personnel had helped the well-equipped mercenaries smuggle weapons into Hong Kong.

The Police Force launched a planned ambush against a mercenary squad approaching the North District dangerous goods depot, while Customs remained unaware of the danger. Ling Jing shot down the squad’s helicopter, and the mercenaries were trapped under fire as the fight continued.

• Kong Chi Lap learned that the mercenaries were nearing the depot and ordered the operation to begin, with Pang Yik-hang directing the assault teams.
• The mercenary squad approached the warehouse in a dump truck, pickup, and helicopter while Customs inspected the arms shipment inside.
• Ling Jing fired an armor-piercing round that disabled the helicopter as the Police Force closed in from all sides.
• Customs’ Marine Operations Team took cover inside the warehouse and requested support, unsure who was fighting outside.
• The police quickly wiped out the mercenaries in the pickup, while those in the dump truck’s bed remained pinned behind its steel plates.

Pang Yik-hang’s forces overwhelmed the mercenaries at the Maritime Warehouse and took six survivors into custody. As senior Police Force officers approached, Customs official Siu Nga-ying came out to demand a briefing from Pang.

• Pang Yik-hang ordered the surrounded mercenaries to surrender, and six survivors threw down their weapons and raised their hands.
• Pang instructed the mercenaries to climb down and lie facedown, then the Assault Team moved in to arrest them.
• Pang reported that the scene was under control, and Kong Chi Lap said he and other senior Police Force officers were on their way.
• Siu Nga-ying, head of Customs’ Intelligence and Investigation Division, approached Pang with Marine Operations Team escorts and demanded an immediate briefing.
• Siu looked down on Pang because he held the lower rank of Senior Superintendent.

Pang Yik-hang invoked the National Security Department’s authority to investigate Customs personnel after mercenaries attacked a government warehouse, forcing Siu Nga-ying to abandon her arrogant stance and offer cooperation. He refused her request to let the Customs officers keep their weapons and insisted that the police would conduct the screening.

• Siu Nga-ying demanded that Pang Yik-hang cooperate with Customs because the case involved confidential information.
• Pang Yik-hang accused Customs negligence of allowing mercenaries into Hong Kong and ordered Siu Nga-ying and her personnel to surrender their weapons for a National Security Department investigation.
• Pang Yik-hang identified himself as a Senior Superintendent in the National Security Department, prompting Siu Nga-ying to recognize his connection to Sir Kwan and change her attitude.
• Siu Nga-ying apologized, promised cooperation, vouched for her personnel, and asked that they be allowed to keep their weapons.
• Pang Yik-hang rejected her request and said the Police Force would determine whether anyone at the scene was implicated.

Pang Yik-hang had Customs personnel at the warehouse disarmed and detained for investigation after suspecting a mole had helped the mercenaries infiltrate Hong Kong. Kong Chi Lap backed his decision and ordered the Customs officers taken to Tai Kwun for questioning, leaving the investigation to proceed.

• Pang Yik-hang ordered Guan Zu and the T Group operatives to secure the Customs personnel’s weapons.
• Siu Nga-ying asked Pang Yik-hang for permission to call her Big Sir and report the situation, and he allowed her to do so.
• Pang Yik-hang explained to Kong Chi Lap that he had secured the Customs personnel because he suspected a mole within Customs.
• Kong Chi Lap supported Pang Yik-hang’s actions and said the Customs officers should be invited to Tai Kwun for questioning.

The Police Force secured the warehouse, took charge of the surviving mercenaries and Customs personnel, and prepared to handle the arms case. Siu Nga-ying arranged for Commissioner Chan Wing-kan to meet Kong Chi Lap, while Kong refused to promise the Thai Interpol officers that the stolen weapons would be returned.

• Chan Wing Yan assigned Mobile Unit reserves to guard the warehouse as the Police Force took over security.
• He Wenzhan took command from Pang Yik-hang and escorted the surviving mercenaries and Customs personnel to Tai Kwun, while Kung Ka-pui arranged the Criminal Intelligence Bureau's withdrawal.
• Siu Nga-ying asked Kong Chi Lap to meet Commissioner Chan Wing-kan at Tai Kwun, and Kong agreed.
• A Thai Interpol officer told Kong Chi Lap that the weapons had been stolen from the Thai military and asked when they could retrieve them.
• Kong Chi Lap said the weapons were evidence and directed the Thai side to contact the International Affairs Department, then firmly reminded the officer that the case was in Hong Kong Island.

Kong Chi Lap stopped Thai Interpol officers from taking the smuggled arms out of Hong Kong and organized the investigation into the case. After returning to Tai Kwun, he prepared to discuss the operation with Customs Commissioner Chan Wing-kan.

• Kong Chi Lap rejected the Thai officers’ demand to transport the arms, insisting they stay in Hong Kong until the investigation was complete.
• The Thai officers agreed to cooperate, and Kong Chi Lap split the team: Chan Wing Yan stayed to handle follow-up at the warehouse, while the others brought the mercenaries and Customs personnel to Tai Kwun.
• Kong Chi Lap assigned Lau Bo-keung to investigate Customs personnel and He Wenzhan to track arms broker Doctor Luo.
• Kong Chi Lap returned to Tai Kwun and found Chan Wing-kan waiting with Luo Danian, who stepped aside so they could discuss the operation.

Kong Chi Lap took charge of the arms-smuggling case, and Chan Wing-kan agreed that Customs could not handle the armed criminals alone. Chan offered Customs' cooperation with the National Security Department's investigation and proposed Kwok Tsz-keung as a vetted contact to help investigate the smuggling network and purge Customs.

• Kong Chi Lap told Chan Wing-kan that the National Security Department would take over the arms-smuggling case.
• Chan Wing-kan agreed to hand over the case, citing the criminals' firepower and Customs' internal problems.
• Chan explained that he wanted the National Security Department's investigation to remain confined to its department and hoped Customs could actively cooperate.
• Chan offered Kwok Tsz-keung's knowledge of shipping companies to help trace the smuggling network.
• Chan recommended that Kong Chi Lap vet Kwok Tsz-keung first, describing him as flawed in character but capable and loyal.

Kong Chi Lap agreed to have the Political Investigation Department scrutinize Kwok Tsz-keung and arrange his secondment to the National Security Department. After his loyalty was confirmed, Kwok joined the joint operation briefing and offered Customs’ help with the L Arms Case and internal investigations.

• Kong Chi Lap promised Chan Wing-kan that Kwok Tsz-keung’s background would receive particular scrutiny and that the National Security Department would issue a secondment letter barring any surprises.
• Chan Wing-kan thanked Kong Chi Lap and returned to Customs Headquarters to brief Kwok Tsz-keung on the operation.
• The National Security Department confirmed Kwok Tsz-keung’s loyalty, faxed an official secondment letter to Customs Headquarters, and Kwok went to join the joint operation.
• Kong Chi Lap introduced Kwok Tsz-keung at the mobilization meeting, where Kwok offered his knowledge of Hong Kong Island’s shipping companies and Customs’ internal affairs to support the investigation and personnel screening.

Kong Chi Lap assigned the Police Force and Customs to investigate the L arms-smuggling case and audit Customs. Kwok Tsz-keung presented evidence linking the shipping company KCS to the suspected smuggling route, and Kong ordered the teams to act on the leads.

• Kwok Tsz-keung attended the joint meeting as Customs' representative and agreed that Customs would support the Police Force's National Security Department.
• Kong Chi Lap assigned He Wenzhan's team to investigate the L arms-trafficking group and Lau Bo-keung's team to audit and assess Customs.
• Kwok Tsz-keung reported that a KCS freighter had entered Hong Kong waters before Typhoon Haishen, remained there, and lost its AIS signal.
• Kwok Tsz-keung revealed that the vessel matched the specifications of the arms-smuggling vessel and that Customs had unusually few spot inspection reports on KCS.
• Kong Chi Lap praised Kwok Tsz-keung's leads and ordered He Wenzhan and Lau Bo-keung to coordinate with him and take action.

Kong Chi Lap presented Zhou Quan with a plan to use state witnesses and a seized smuggling ship to lure arms broker Doctor Luo into Hong Kong Island. Zhou Quan approved the operation and assigned several Police Force units to Kong's command, leaving him ready to launch the sting.

• Kong Chi Lap reported that KCS had served as Doctor Luo's arms-smuggling hub and that its Gan father and son had detained a smuggling ship at the Rising Sun Shipyard.
• Kong Chi Lap explained that the Gan father and son and Customs senior superintendent Zhang Yunnan had agreed to become state witnesses, and proposed using their information to lure Doctor Luo into Hong Kong Island.
• Kong Chi Lap asked Zhou Quan for support, and Zhou Quan authorized the Marine Police, D Company of the Mobile Unit, and the Flying Tigers to serve under Kong's command.
• Zhou Quan stressed that the state witnesses needed protection, and Kong Chi Lap said Ah Sen's people would handle the Witness Protection Programme.
• Zhou Quan approved Kong Chi Lap's plan and sent him to begin the operation to capture Doctor Luo and dismantle his arms-smuggling syndicate.

Kong Chi Lap oversaw preparations for an operation against Doctor Luo’s arms network at Rising Sun Shipyard, with East Kowloon and Marine Police commanders assembling at the Sai Kung base. The officers confirmed their forces were in position and waiting for the criminals to enter the trap.

• Kong Chi Lap gathered senior officers at the Sai Kung Marine Police base to command the operation against Doctor Luo’s forces at Rising Sun Shipyard.
• Pang Yan Kin assembled East Kowloon commanders Chan Ka-kui and Chan Kwok Wing to report on their deployments.
• Chan Ka-kui confirmed Sai Kung officers were on standby and had received weapons from Tai Kwun.
• Chan Kwok Wing reported that D Company had replaced shipyard employees, concealed their identities, and prepared automatic weapons.
• The account noted that Guan Zu had advanced in the National Security Department and that Chan Kwok Wing’s career had continued to rise.

Kong Chi Lap coordinated the police operation against the L Arms Case, positioning forces on the Sai Kung mainland and at KCS’s Rising Sun Shipyard. With all units in place, he waited for Yeung Kam Wing to update him on State Witness Kam Wing’s cooperation in luring the criminals into the trap.

• Kong Chi Lap reviewed the danger at the Rising Sun Shipyard and confirmed that police were protecting KCS employees while preparing deployments on land and at the shipyard.
• Cheuk King-chuen reported that the Small Boat Unit could surround the shipyard within three minutes, and Chan Wing Yan confirmed that the PTU reserve companies and SDU were under He Wenzhan’s command.
• Kong Chi Lap ordered all operational personnel to connect to the National Security Department’s encrypted command system.
• He Wenzhan, Chan Ka-kui, Chan Kwok Wing, and Jing Jinxian reported their teams in position, with Jing Jinxian’s Paparazzi assigned to monitor possible criminal support on land.
• Kong Chi Lap contacted Yeung Kam Wing and Ying Cheung-sam, who were guarding State Witness Kam Wing at the Sai Kung Marine Police base; Yeung Kam Wing said he would provide an update shortly.

Kam Wing cooperated with the Police Force to draw Doctor Luo and her arms dealers into a trap at the Rising Sun Shipyard. After the Police Force tracked Doctor Luo to Tai Lam Tunnel Road, Kong Chi Lap monitored her approach while holding off on an operation in a busy area.

• Kam Wing applied to become a State Witness and helped the Police Force lure Doctor Luo’s forces onto Hong Kong Island.
• Kam Wing prepared to head to the Rising Sun Shipyard as the Police Force watched his movements and kept Doctor Luo’s mercenaries under surveillance.
• Yeung Chi-lung tracked Doctor Luo’s communications signal to Tai Lam Tunnel Road as she moved toward Sai Sha Road.
• Gao Qiu reported that the mercenaries had entered Tai Wong Chai Road and were heading for the Rising Sun Shipyard.
• Kong Chi Lap monitored Doctor Luo’s movements in the command center and delayed the operation because she was in a busy area and her group’s firepower was unknown.

Kong Chi Lap coordinated a Police Force operation to capture Doctor Luo’s arms dealers on land and pursue their covert group at sea. The land arrests succeeded without casualties, while He Wenzhan ordered his team to open fire on the armed men fleeing by speedboat.

• Kong Chi Lap tracked Doctor Luo’s vehicle toward Sai Sha Road as teams reported the mercenary squad approaching Rising Sun Shipyard and three speedboats heading toward it.
• Kong Chi Lap ordered all units to begin the operation.
• Jing Jinxian and Sai Kung officers stopped Doctor Luo’s vehicle, while Gao Qiu and Mobile Unit D Company blocked the mercenary squad at the shipyard.
• He Wenzhan led an assault team in pursuit of the three speedboats after confirming their occupants were armed mercenaries.
• He Wenzhan ordered all teams to fire at the fleeing speedboats.

Zhou Quan went to the Police College to attend Lee Family Ka-chun’s Inspector Class graduation and confer his rank, celebrating both the L arms-smuggling case’s success and Ka-chun’s entry into the officer ranks. The ceremony marked Ka-chun as the likely successor to the Police Force’s Lee Faction.

• Zhou Quan reflected on Kong Chi Lap’s successful operation against Doctor Luo’s arms-smuggling syndicate and the acclaim it brought the Police Force.
• Zhou Quan traveled from Tai Kwun to the Police College to attend Lee Family Ka-chun’s graduation after Ka-chun passed the Inspector Class recruitment and training.
• Lee Man-bun and Yin Xiaofeng accompanied Zhou Quan to the ceremony, with Lee Man-bun attending as Ka-chun’s father.
• Zhou Quan congratulated Lee Man-bun, and Yin Xiaofeng congratulated both senior leaders on having successors.
• The group recognized Lee Family Ka-chun as the likely heir to the Lee Faction, while Zhou Quan’s children were also seen as promising future Police Force leaders.