Recaps

After Cheung Tak Biu received a disciplinary penalty and promotion, the National Security Department captured Mr. Gao and uncovered the DOA Group’s possible links to the JC Group. Zhou Quan established a special task force to secure the group’s fifteen billion dollars and pursue both organizations, while the officers prepared cross-border operations and protection for Ma Latang’s relatives.

• Yeung Kam Wing’s working group gave Cheung Tak Biu and his team one demerit, then promoted Cheung to superintendent and commander of the Major Crimes Unit and Yiu Kong-nga to chief inspector.
• He Wenzhan briefed Zhou Quan on the DOA Foundation, its suspected links to Cangjing, and the undercover officers investigating it, while Zhou Quan’s secret command centre at Zhou Tower became operational.
• He Wenzhan and Lau Bo-keung led the operation that rescued Xu Long and raided the DOA Building, where police arrested Mr. Gao and other suspects.
• Lau Bo-keung and He Wenzhan questioned Mr. Gao, who agreed to cooperate and identified Ms. Cangjing as the DOA Group’s controller while pointing to a possible hidden connection with Yi Tianxing and the JC Group.
• Luo Danian approved Mr. Gao’s witness protection and ordered the authorities to secure the DOA Foundation’s fifteen billion US dollars, then briefed Zhou Quan on the testimony and Ma Latang’s planned transfer of the funds.
• Zhou Quan established a special task force to dismantle the DOA Group and JC Group, naming Ah Nin to lead the initial effort and later directing Luo Danian to coordinate the wider operation.
• Luo Danian assigned teams to retrieve Ma Latang and the money, investigate Magic Hands Shi Yijian and monitor those involved, while Kwan Man Chin warned that Ma Latang’s relatives needed protection.
• Luo Danian tasked Lau Bo-keung with protecting Ma Latang’s family, while He Wenzhan formed a transnational team, Lau contacted Ma Latang, Yeung Kam Wing investigated Shi Yijian, and Chan Kwok-wah arranged external law-enforcement liaison.

Lau Bo-keung recruited Shi Yijian to help expose Mo Chou and dismantle the DOA Group, while He Wenzhan led a Thai-supported mission to extract Ma Latang. The mission survived a mercenary assault and captured Ghost Hand, leaving the transfer and wider operation in the hands of Zhou Quan and Police General Phongsaphat.

• Lau Bo-keung brought Wang Dong and Yu Le to Macau, where he asked Shi Yijian to help uncover Mo Chou’s role in the DOA Group and Shi agreed to cooperate.
• He Wenzhan and Withaya organized the Thai operation to extract Ma Latang, and Chan Chi-kit’s team brought Ma Latang to a riverside safe house.
• He Wenzhan prepared to protect Ma Latang and his daughter Chu Yi until their aircraft could leave, while warning that the DOA Group might attack.
• A drone spotted an approaching aircraft, and mercenaries emerged from the Chao Phraya River and attacked the safe house as Thai special police fought back.
• He Wenzhan and Withaya led the Hong Kong and Thai officers into the bunker, where they refused the mercenaries’ demand to hand over Ma Latang.
• Thai Marine Police reinforcements arrived, helped the defenders defeat the mercenaries, and captured their commander, Ghost Hand.
• Ghost Hand offered to become a state witness, but He Wenzhan and Withaya deferred the decision to their superiors.
• Zhou Quan told He Wenzhan to follow the original plan and contacted Phongsaphat to discuss bringing Ghost Hand to Hong Kong Island and coordinating action against the DOA Group and JC Group.

The National Security Department recovered the DOA Group’s $15 billion and used Ma Latang and Shi Yijian to draw Mo Chou and the group’s forces into coordinated raids. After the operation, Lee Man-bun retired with seven senior colleagues as Zhou Quan reorganized and expanded the department, leaving its wider leadership appointments unresolved.

• Zhou Quan secured approval to split the recovered $15 billion equally between Hong Kong Island and Mainland China, and the funds were transferred to their respective accounts.
• Luo Danian kept Ghost Hand’s capture secret and ordered an operation using Ma Latang’s safe house as bait to draw out the DOA Group and Mo Chou.
• He Wenzhan’s team approved Yeung Chi-lung’s plan to leak false information, while Shi Yijian prepared to lure Mo Chou in Macau.
• Shi Yijian met Mo Chou at the staged reception and later rejected her offer to rekindle their relationship, revealing that he knew her identity and condemning her actions.
• Jing Jinxian arrested Mo Chou as Hong Kong police raided the DOA Group’s gunmen, Chan Chi-kit led an assault on Dragon King Hall in Thailand, and police struck the group’s personnel at Phuket International Airport.
• Zhou Quan proposed expanding the National Security Department, while Lee Man-bun announced his early retirement and recommended Luo Danian as a future Police Force Number One.
• Lee Man-bun secured the agreement of seven senior officers to retire with him, and the government approved Zhou Quan’s personnel reshuffle and department expansion.
• At the Management Meeting, Zhou Quan praised the retiring officers and announced that the National Security Department would become three departments led by Assistant Commissioners, while Kwan Man Chin’s future role remained unclear.

Zhou Quan reorganized the Hong Kong Island Police Force, then secured Mainland and regional partners for a campaign against the Golden Triangle’s drug syndicates. The joint forces assembled in the Golden Triangle and prepared to launch simultaneous raids at dawn.

• Zhou Quan reshuffled senior officers and approved Kong Chi Lap’s restructuring of the National Security Department, filling key branch posts and assigning new commanders.
• After the JC Group and Yi Family operations, Zhou Quan made Luo Danian Acting Commissioner and led a delegation to Mainland China to discuss exchanges, equipment procurement, and a secret anti-drug plan.
• Zhou Quan gave Hao Jianguo intelligence from Fang Xinwu and other informants, revealing how Fang Xinwu had taken control of Eight-Faced Buddha’s organization and stirred conflict among drug syndicates.
• Hao Jianguo agreed to coordinate a four-country campaign, and Yu Ping selected Gao Gang and the Bison Special Police Force for the Mainland contingent while Zhou Quan named Hong Kong Island units under Kong Chi Lap.
• Luo Danian assembled Hong Kong Island teams in Yun Province for joint training, while Zhou Quan and Hao Jianguo won Police General Phongsaphat’s support for the operation.
• The four countries announced the joint campaign, and Zhou Quan established a secure command center in the Golden Triangle as Kong Chi Lap and Gao Gang led their teams across the border.
• Zhou Quan assigned the five drug organizations among China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, warned commanders about Nuo Ka’s child soldiers, and ordered simultaneous attacks for five the next morning.