Recaps

Usury Shing offered Lau Bo-keung intelligence about a ruthless Big Money Man and persuaded Tsui Yau-choi to cooperate in exchange for the possibility of becoming a State Witness. Tsui Yau-choi confessed, while Lau Bo-keung began questioning the more complicated case of Yeung Ching-fuk.

• Usury Shing told Lau Bo-keung that a Big Money Man had returned from the Netherlands and that Yeung Ching-fuk was preparing to betray Tsui Yau-choi.
• Lau Bo-keung connected Usury Shing's tip to the mysterious Black Off-road Vehicle that had helped Chiu Mei-yan escape across the border.
• Lau Bo-keung gave Usury Shing three minutes to persuade Tsui Yau-choi to confess under police supervision.
• Tsui Yau-choi and Ho Tai-shing readily confessed during interrogation after Usury Shing's persuasion and news of Yeung Ching-fuk's betrayal.
• Lau Bo-keung questioned Yeung Ching-fuk after telling him that Tsui Yau-choi had already confessed.

Yeung Ching-fuk confessed to Lau Bo-keung about Wong Hoi-wo’s plans and a scheme to frame an ICAC officer. Lau identified the officer as Luk Chi-lim and asked Yeung to help further with the investigation.

• Yeung Ching-fuk asked Lau Bo-keung to make him a State Witness and place him in the Witness Protection Programme in exchange for information.
• Yeung told Lau that Wong Hoi-wo planned to take over Tsui Yau-choi’s business and Hong Kong Island’s money-laundering market, backed by a powerful international organization.
• Yeung revealed that Di Weijie had joined Wong, who had also arranged to frame an ICAC officer by transferring twelve million into the officer’s account.
• Yeung admitted that he had found the delinquent girl Wong used in the framing scheme, but said he did not know the officer’s identity.
• Lau concluded that the targeted officer was Luk Chi-lim and asked Yeung to assist further against Wong Hoi-wo.

Yeung Ching-fuk agreed to help Lau Bo-keung bring down Wong Hoi-wo, and Lau promised to protect him and use him to plant police officers near Wong. Lau planned to exploit Wong’s gambling-ship voyage to entrap him and his associates, but an ICAC investigator and a developing situation outside Tai Kwun demanded his attention.

• Yeung Ching-fuk agreed to cooperate with Lau Bo-keung because he feared Wong Hoi-wo would kill him for informing on him.
• Lau Bo-keung promised to replace Yeung’s men with police officers, monitor Wong’s movements, and seek a reduced sentence and a livelihood for Yeung after prison.
• Lau planned to use Wong’s gambling-ship voyage to draw Chiu Mei-yan and a powerful Yuezhou figure into an operation against the money-laundering network.
• Lau intended to arrange a traffic accident for Tsui Yau-choi and help Wong and Chiu complete their deal as part of his entrapment plan.
• An officer told Lau that ICAC Sergeant Lok Chi-lim was waiting for him and that a special situation outside Tai Kwun needed his decision.

Luk Chi-lim visited Lau Bo-keung at Police Force Headquarters while ICAC L Group officers arrived to investigate him over Wong Hoi-wo’s frame-up. Lau arranged to receive them and set preparations in motion to protect witnesses and pursue the case, leaving his team to carry out the operation.

• Luk Chi-lim entered Police Force Headquarters to see Lau Bo-keung, while Lu Xiaoliang took his investigation team elsewhere.
• Lau Bo-keung learned that the people following Luk Chi-lim were ICAC L Group members and ordered officers to invite them inside to meet their superior.
• Lau Bo-keung instructed Su Kin-chiu to replace the officers guarding Yeung Ching-fuk, send the case leads to Wei, and arrange to hide Tsui Yau-choi after staging a traffic accident.
• Su Kin-chiu accepted the orders and assured Lau Bo-keung that the preparations would go smoothly.
• Lau Bo-keung’s thoughts described the Police Force’s Zhou Faction as its central power structure, surrounded by smaller blocs such as the Lee, Little Zhou, and Luo factions.

Luk Chi-lim visited Lau Bo-keung to ask why the Hung Hing Group had delivered Tsui Yau-choi to the National Security Department. Lau explained that a deeper investigation required Tsui and Di Weijie to remain untouched for now, and the chapter ended with Lau warning Luk that people might oppose his expected promotion.

• Luk Chi-lim waited for Lau Bo-keung in the National Security Department's reception room and explained that his men had followed Kam Tsz Tai after he took a target from the Lo Wu Port case to Police Force Headquarters.
• Lau Bo-keung told Luk that Tsui Yau-choi's finance company was tied to a larger confidential case, but he had conclusive evidence against the Lo Wu Port personnel and offered to make the arrests jointly with ICAC.
• Luk Chi-lim agreed to hold off ICAC's operations against Tsui and Di Weijie and prioritize cooperation with the National Security Department.
• Lau Bo-keung warned Luk to consider his own position because some people might oppose his expected promotion, and Luk pressed him to explain what he had heard.

Lau Bo-keung warned Luk Chi-lim that the ICAC’s L Group was investigating him, then arranged for the investigators to face him at Police Force Headquarters. Luk decided to wait for Cheng sir’s explanation so he could protect the joint Lo Wu Port case, while Lau prepared to continue his operation.

• Lau Bo-keung told Luk Chi-lim to wait and said he would introduce him to old friends.
• An officer brought L Group investigators Mark and Derek into the reception room, and Luk recognized them.
• Luk confronted Mark and Derek about following him, and they said Cheng sir was on his way.
• Luk chose to wait at Police Force Headquarters rather than risk suspension and disrupt the Lo Wu Port investigation.
• Luk told Lau Bo-keung to treat him to a meal after the operation, and Lau invited the investigators to sit while they waited.

ICAC investigator Ching Tak-ming went to Police Force Headquarters after two of his men were brought inside while surveilling the building, and Lau Bo-keung calmly explained that they had not been detained. The dispute ended with Ching apologizing, but Luk Chi-lim confronted him over having Mark and Derek follow him.

• Ching Tak-ming arrived at Police Force Headquarters, where security stopped the other ICAC members from entering the National Security Department's offices.
• Lau Bo-keung allowed Ching Tak-ming upstairs alone to meet him and Luk Chi-lim.
• Ching questioned Lau about the two ICAC investigators who had been brought inside, and Lau said they had merely been invited for tea.
• Ching's subordinates confirmed that their movements had not been restricted, and Ching apologized to Lau for the trouble.
• Luk Chi-lim asked Ching why he had sent Mark and Derek to follow him.

Luk Chi-lim challenged the ICAC investigation into him, while Lau Bo-keung revealed that criminals had framed him to obstruct an upcoming National Security operation. Ching Tak-ming agreed to report the matter to the ICAC Commissioner, leaving Luk temporarily protected from the investigation.

• Luk Chi-lim refused to discuss the L Group investigation in private and insisted he had nothing to hide.
• Lau Bo-keung told Ching Tak-ming that criminals had planted twelve million Hong Kong dollars in Luk Chi-lim's account and used a delinquent girl to accuse him.
• Lau Bo-keung explained that the evidence was tied to an upcoming National Security operation and could not yet be handed to the ICAC.
• Lau Bo-keung asked Ching Tak-ming to put the bigger picture first and wait until the joint operation with Luk Chi-lim was over.
• Ching Tak-ming agreed to return to ICAC Headquarters and report the situation to the Commissioner.

Hong Kong Island Police Force and Mainland officials monitored an operation to capture Yuezhou official Zhang Peng after he entered Hong Kong Island waters. As the teams tracked Zhang Peng aboard a gambling ship, Lau Bo-keung explained the targets and revealed that You Zixin had killed Lam Hei-sing, a complication he had tolerated to protect the operation.

• Hong Liang told the Hong Kong Island Police Force senior superintendents that Zhang Peng had entered Hong Kong Island waters by boat.
• Chan Kwok-wah, Lau Bo-keung, and Wong Fuk-wing reassured Hong Liang that the National Security Department had deployed its senior commanders and elite officers.
• He Wenzhan's Paparazzi teams transmitted footage from the gambling ship, where they were disguised as Yeung Ching-fuk's underlings.
• Lau Bo-keung identified Wong Hoi-wo as Zhang Peng's intended contact, Chiu Mei-yan as Zhang Peng's mistress and intermediary, and You Zixin as Wong Hoi-wo's money-laundering partner.
• Lau Bo-keung explained that You Zixin had killed Lam Hei-sing at New Horizon Bank, but he had avoided arresting You Zixin to keep the operation safe.

Zhang Peng arrived in Hong Kong Island and boarded Wong Hoi-wo's gambling ship to arrange the laundering of ten billion renminbi. Lau Bo-keung's officers secretly monitored the meeting and recorded evidence as Wong and You Zixin explained their methods.

• Lau Bo-keung's team tracked Zhang Peng's journey from the ferry pier to the gambling ship in international waters.
• Wong Hoi-wo, Chiu Mei-yan, You Zixin, and Yeung Ching-fuk welcomed Zhang Peng aboard the Eastern Divine Dragon.
• Yeung Ching-fuk secretly transmitted clear recordings of the private-room meeting to the National Security Department's Operations Command Centre.
• Zhang Peng asked how Wong Hoi-wo would launder his ten billion renminbi.
• Wong Hoi-wo presented a five-hundred-million-renminbi cheque and explained that they could claim Zhang Peng had won it gambling.

The Police Force's National Security Department reviewed evidence of Zhang Peng, Wong Hoi-wo, You Zixin, and their associates’ crimes, including Zhang Peng’s embezzlement of ten billion yuan and You Zixin’s bribery of an ICAC investigator. Hong Liang left to seek arrest paperwork, while Lau Bo-keung offered to coordinate the arrest from Hong Kong Island and hand the suspects over afterward.

• The senior officers reviewed the criminal communications and learned that Zhang Peng had stolen ten billion yuan through embezzlement and bribery.
• Zhang Peng asked Wong Hoi-wo about the ICAC investigation of Chiu Mei-yan, and You Zixin claimed he had paid twelve million to get Luk Chi-lim suspended.
• Lau Bo-keung condemned You Zixin and reflected on his failure to prevent You from murdering Lam Hei-sing at New Horizon Bank.
• Hong Liang announced that he would return to Pengcheng to seek an arrest warrant and initiate the shuanggui procedure against Zhang Peng.
• Lau Bo-keung told Hong Liang to apply for the paperwork from Hong Kong Island and said the National Security Department would arrest the suspects and hand them over.

Lau Bo-keung launched an operation to arrest Zhang Peng and the other criminals, coordinating with mainland authorities and Hong Kong police units. He headed to the waters near Po Toi Island to oversee the operation, with marine police and the Flying Tigers’ Small Boat Team arranged to support it.

• Lau Bo-keung agreed that Hong Liang could seek formal authorization to arrest Zhang Peng, and Hong Liang immediately contacted his superiors.
• Lau Bo-keung ordered the command center to prepare arrests and have the Marine Police Harbour Police District intercept the criminals’ vessels.
• He Wenzhan offered support from the Flying Tigers’ Maritime Counter-Terrorism Small Boat Team, and Lau Bo-keung accepted it.
• Lau Bo-keung traveled toward Po Toi Island with Yeung Kam Wing, Guan Zu, and T Group officers to oversee the operation.

The Hong Kong Island Police Force intercepted Zhang Peng’s speedboat near Po Toi Island after tracking it through AIS signals. As Zhang Peng tried to flee and his armed security men drew their pistols, Paparazzi officers concealed aboard the boat shot them, leaving the confrontation underway.

• Yeung Chi-lung reported that Zhang Peng’s speedboat was less than five nautical miles from Po Toi Island.
• Lau Bo-keung ordered the Marine Police and Maritime Counter-Terrorism Small Boat Team to intercept Zhang Peng.
• Marine Police ordered the speedboat to stop, but Zhang Peng told its operators to turn around and flee.
• Zhang Peng’s trusted security personnel drew pistols when the operators refused to obey him.
• Paparazzi officers disguised among Wong Hoi-wo’s underlings shot Zhang Peng’s armed men in the arms.

Lee Family Ka-chun led the arrest of Zhang Peng aboard a speedboat during an undercover operation. Zhang Peng realized the Hong Kong Island Police Force’s National Security Department had taken him into custody.

• The National Security Department officers seized control of the speedboat and restrained Zhang Peng’s security personnel and crew.
• Lee Family Ka-chun pointed his gun at Zhang Peng and announced his arrest.
• Zhang Peng challenged Lee Family Ka-chun’s authority and threatened him with his political influence.
• Lee Family Ka-chun identified himself as an officer of the National Security Department and informed Zhang Peng of his right to remain silent.
• Zhang Peng recognized the authority of the national security system and nearly collapsed.

Lau Bo-keung arrested Zhang Peng at sea and escorted him toward Lo Wu Port after Hong Liang secured the Mainland arrest documents. With Zhang Peng’s capture kept secret, the Police Force also arrested Wong Hoi-wo, You Zixin, Chiu Mei-yan, and the other suspects aboard the Eastern Divine Dragon cruise ship.

• Lau Bo-keung presented Zhang Peng with an arrest warrant, then ordered Yeung Kam Wing and Guan Zu to take him aboard the command launch by force.
• Lee Family Ka-chun and the other officers detained the speedboat’s remaining occupants while Lau Bo-keung left Yeung Kam Wing in charge near Po Toi Island.
• Hong Liang met Lau Bo-keung at Police Force Headquarters with official arrest documents from the Mainland authorities, and the convoy headed north for Lo Wu Port with Zhang Peng in custody.
• The Eastern Divine Dragon cruise ship returned to Hong Kong Island waters unaware of Zhang Peng’s arrest, and the Police Force arrested Wong Hoi-wo, You Zixin, Chiu Mei-yan, and the other principal suspects.

After the arrests of Zhang Peng and Wong Hoi-wo, Lau Bo-keung cleared Luk Chi-lim’s name and arranged for Yeung Ching-fuk to become a state witness. During Su Kin-chiu’s interrogation, Wong Hoi-wo confessed to his crimes but panicked when asked about the DOA Foundation.

• Tsui Yau-choi, Ho Tai-shing, Di Weijie, and other members of the Disciplined Services were arrested or transferred into custody as the operation entered its final sweep.
• Lau Bo-keung sent Yeung Ching-fuk’s evidence to the ICAC’s L Group and applied to make Yeung Ching-fuk a state witness.
• Su Kin-chiu questioned Wong Hoi-wo, who confessed after realizing the police had strong evidence and that Yeung Ching-fuk had betrayed him.
• Su Kin-chiu focused on Wong Hoi-wo’s activities in the Netherlands and the deeper presence that might have brought him to Hong Kong Island.
• When Su Kin-chiu asked about the DOA Foundation, Wong Hoi-wo panicked and slumped in his chair.

Su Kin-chiu interrogated Wong Hoi-wo about his ties to the DOA Foundation, and Wong admitted that the foundation handled much of his money laundering. He revealed what little he knew about its operations and its leader, Mr. Gao, then asked the police to consider his cooperation in court.

• Su Kin-chiu connected Wong Hoi-wo’s Dutch activities and money laundering to the DOA Foundation.
• Wong Hoi-wo admitted that more than half of Zhang Peng’s ten billion would be laundered through the DOA Foundation.
• Wong explained that the foundation accepted clients from criminal groups and charged money-laundering commissions, but he lacked access to its inner workings.
• Wong identified the foundation’s leader as an ethnic Chinese man called Mr. Gao, whose given name was supposedly Xiansheng.
• Wong told Su Kin-chiu he had revealed everything he knew and asked the police to speak in his favor in court.

Su Kin-chiu questioned Wong Hoi-wo, who cooperated and requested favorable treatment, then reported his confession about the DOA Foundation to Lau Bo-keung. Lau Bo-keung brought Su Kin-chiu to brief Zhou Quan, who was surprised that the foundation’s money laundering was linked to Wong Hoi-wo.

• Su Kin-chiu repeatedly questioned Wong Hoi-wo and found his answers consistent and free of flaws.
• Wong Hoi-wo requested favorable treatment, and Su Kin-chiu said the Police Force would consider documenting his cooperation.
• Su Kin-chiu reported Wong Hoi-wo’s confession about the DOA Foundation’s money laundering to Lau Bo-keung.
• Lau Bo-keung and Su Kin-chiu visited Luo Danian before going to brief Zhou Quan.
• Lau Bo-keung told Zhou Quan that Wong Hoi-wo had close ties to the DOA Foundation and that it laundered money for criminal leaders in Europe and America.

After Su Kin-chiu’s statement linked Wong Hoi-wo’s money laundering to the DOA Foundation, Zhou Quan considered how to investigate the organization and put Lau Bo-keung in charge. He decided to activate TUI’s long-dormant asset beside Lam Wai Lok as the Foundation prepared to enter Hong Kong Island.

• Zhou Quan praised Su Kin-chiu for uncovering Wong Hoi-wo’s connection to the DOA Foundation and recognized the case could lead to Su’s promotion.
• Lau Bo-keung told Zhou Quan that the Foundation’s internal operations were difficult to penetrate and proposed using TUI officers to infiltrate it.
• Zhou Quan agreed the approach was feasible but noted that TUI operated only on Hong Kong Island and that the Foundation’s leader, Mr. Gao, was cautious.
• Zhou Quan realized TUI could use an existing asset near Lam Wai Lok instead of trying to place an officer directly inside the Foundation.
• Zhou Quan called Lam Wai Lok, who addressed him as Master Kwan, and prepared to activate the dormant trump card.

Zhou Quan planned to activate Tan Huanxi, a deeply embedded Crouching Tiger operative in Wo Sing Wo, to help investigate the DOA Foundation. Lam Wai Lok discussed his impending retirement and asked Zhou Quan to advise him on whether Tan Huanxi or Little Jimmy should lead New Wo Hing.

• Zhou Quan identified Tan Huanxi, New Wo Hing's vice president, as the most effective candidate to become a major DOA Foundation client and assist the Police Force.
• Zhou Quan called Lam Wai Lok and asked how he was feeling as retirement approached.
• Lam Wai Lok explained that he intended to retire while keeping New Wo Hing under his family's control, and said Tan Huanxi and Lee Family Jiayuan handled much of its operations.
• Lam Wai Lok asked Zhou Quan whether Tan Huanxi or Little Jimmy should succeed him and promised New Wo Hing would continue cooperating with Zhou Quan and the Police Force.

Zhou Quan approved Lam Wai Lok’s plans for New Wo Hing’s succession, then tasked him with sending two trusted successors to approach Mr. Gao of the DOA Foundation. The chapter ended with Lau Bo-keung set to provide the operational plan for striking at the Foundation’s leadership.

• Zhou Quan told Lam Wai Lok that New Wo Hing could choose its next Leader, provided the organization continued to obey his will and the Police Force’s authority.
• Lam Wai Lok reaffirmed that he would bring New Wo Hing’s next Leader to visit Zhou Quan after retiring.
• Zhou Quan invited Lam Wai Lok to play golf after he stepped down and then asked him to help with an operation involving the DOA Foundation.
• Zhou Quan instructed Lam Wai Lok to send two trusted successors to approach Mr. Gao, leaving Lau Bo-keung to contact him with the operational plan.

Zhou Quan arranged to use New Wo Hing Group funds and contacts to help a covert operative approach Mr. Gao of the DOA Foundation. Lam Wai Lok agreed to support the operation, and Zhou Quan assigned Lau Bo-keung and Su Kin-chiu to bring Tan Huanxi and Lee Family Jiayuan into the investigation without leaving a record at Police Force Headquarters.

• Zhou Quan decided to use New Wo Hing Group accounts and channels to show Mr. Gao that his operative could offer substantial profits.
• Zhou Quan trusted Lam Wai Lok not to betray him, and Lam agreed to send Tan Huanxi and Little Jimmy to meet Sir Lau Kit-fai.
• Zhou Quan told Lau Bo-keung to retrieve Tan Huanxi’s TUI contact code and arrange for Tan Huanxi and Lee Family Jiayuan to approach Mr. Gao.
• Zhou Quan ordered Su Kin-chiu to escort Tan Huanxi and Lee Family Jiayuan from the parking lot to his department without recording their entry at Police Force Headquarters.
• Lau Bo-keung and Su Kin-chiu saluted Zhou Quan and left to begin the investigation into the DOA Foundation.

The Hong Kong Island Police Force set a coordinated undercover operation in motion against the DOA Foundation as its Central headquarters opened. Meanwhile, Yang Jianhua returned to Hong Kong Island to ask Chan Kwok-wah for help investigating an international money-laundering organization, and confirmed that the target was the DOA Foundation.

• Lau Bo-keung arranged for Tan Huanxi and Lee Family Jiayuan to infiltrate the DOA Foundation and embezzle funds from the New Wo Hing Group, while Lam Wai Lok provided the account key after receiving Zhou Quan’s investment guarantee.
• Lau Bo-keung enlisted He Wenzhan’s support, and TUI and the Intelligence Group prepared undercover operatives for the Foundation’s headquarters.
• The Police Force’s Political Investigation Department, Commercial Crime Bureau, and Operations Security Department launched their joint operation when the DOA Building put up its sign in Central.
• Yang Jianhua visited Chan Kwok-wah and explained that Mainland China’s Central Bureau was investigating an international money-laundering organization entering Hong Kong Island.
• Chan Kwok-wah asked whether the investigation concerned the DOA Foundation, and Yang Jianhua confirmed it did.

Yang Jianhua brought Luo Xin to Hong Kong Island to coordinate with the Police Force and secure protection for National Central Bureau operatives investigating the DOA Foundation. Chan Kwok-wah introduced them to Lau Bo-keung, who recognized Yang Jianhua and welcomed her mission.

• Yang Jianhua introduced Luo Xin to Chan Kwok-wah and explained that Luo and another National Central Bureau operative were undercover against the DOA Foundation.
• Luo Xin presented her credentials as a First-Class Superintendent, and Chan Kwok-wah agreed to connect them with the operation's commander.
• Chan Kwok-wah led Yang Jianhua and Luo Xin to Lau Bo-keung's office in the Political Investigation Department.
• Lau Bo-keung recognized Yang Jianhua and asked whether she needed help with a mission.

Yang Jianhua and Luo Xin sought the Hong Kong Island Police Force’s help investigating the DOA Foundation, which planned to move its headquarters to Hong Kong Island. Lau Bo-keung agreed to coordinate a joint operation under Hong Kong Island Police command, and the group prepared to share intelligence.

• Chan Kwok-wah introduced Luo Xin and explained that Yang Jianhua and Luo had come to investigate the DOA Foundation for Mainland China's Interpol National Central Bureau.
• Yang Jianhua told Lau Bo-keung that Luo Xin had infiltrated the foundation and that her superiors had sent her to seek help from her former organization.
• Lau Bo-keung described the Hong Kong Island Police Force’s money-laundering investigation and its Joint Action Group, while making clear that his force would lead any joint operation.
• Yang Jianhua accepted Hong Kong Island Police command and promised that she and Luo Xin would cooperate unconditionally.
• Lau Bo-keung arranged a joint operations meeting, and Chan Kwok-wah escorted Yang Jianhua and Luo Xin to Conference Room Three.