Recaps

Zhou Quan helped secure Hong Kong Island’s handover, then became head of the Security Department and presented a National Security Law draft to Mr. Dong. As the proposed law moved to the senior leadership’s agenda, Zhou took over the Painter Group investigation and arrested a woman posing as Yuen Man.

• Mr. Dong tested Zhou Quan’s views on the Police Force, and Zhou affirmed its duty to uphold the law and protect Hong Kong Island and the Motherland.
• After Mr. Xixian’s death, Lok Ming-wah, Zhou Quan, and Lau Kit-fai pledged to preserve stability through the handover.
• Zhou Quan organized security for the arriving delegation and handover ceremony, while Chow Sing Sing delayed Chris Patten’s convoy with roadblocks.
• At midnight on July 1, 1997, Zhou Quan and other patriots watched Hong Kong return to the Motherland beneath fireworks forming a five-star Hongqi.
• Lok Ming-wah told Zhou Quan he would become head of the Security Department, and Zhou arranged promotions for Chow Sing Sing, Kwan Man Chin, and other trusted officers.
• Zhou Quan, Oswald, and Lai Wing-lim presented Mr. Dong with their National Security Law draft, and Zhou urged him to seek its direct enactment by the Motherland.
• The leadership placed Zhou’s draft on its agenda, and Zhou welcomed Ah Zu into the Security Department as officers prepared to investigate Lee Man and the Painter Group.
• After identifying a woman claiming to be Yuen Man as an impostor, Zhou Quan took over Lee Man’s case and arrested her on suspicion of document forgery, counterfeiting, and multiple murders.

After exposing Yuen Man as the counterfeit-money syndicate’s leader, Zhou Quan turned to Xinglong’s heroin trade and ordered an investigation into Yim Sai Kau and Yim Kwok-keui. The Security Department arrested suspects at Tam Xintian’s funeral and began questioning them to identify their suppliers and uncover the wider network.

• Zhou Quan exposed Yuen Man as the hidden leader of the counterfeit-money syndicate, secured Lee Man’s cooperation, and helped bring the case to a close.
• Zhou Quan and Au Wing-yan agreed to marry on October 1, while a heroin arrest led Zhou Quan to order an investigation into Xinglong’s Yim Sai Kau and Yim Kwok-keui.
• He Wenzhan took over the Xinglong case, and Tam Chung-yiu confessed that the Yim father and son were trafficking heroin, providing documents about Cha Zha’s operation.
• Zhou Quan ordered He Wenzhan to arrest Cha Zha and gather evidence against the Yim family, while Zhuang Qing secured medical bail for Tam Chung-yiu before Tam Xintian died.
• After Cha Zha supplied evidence against Xinglong figures, Zhou Quan ordered their arrest at Tam Xintian’s funeral.
• He Wenzhan led armed officers into the funeral hall, where tensions rose as Tam Chung-yiu fought Gou Hok Jai and officers restrained Tam Chung-shun.
• The officers arrested the named suspects, and the Security Department brought them to headquarters for separate interrogations about their suppliers and drug network.

Zhou Quan married Au Wing-yan and intervened after an injured undercover officer was abandoned by his superiors. An international drug operation then brought assassins to Hong Kong Island, where the Security Department captured Antelope and detained an armed FBI agent.

• Wei Xingguang confessed under torture and identified He Wenzhan as the major drug lord behind his activities.
• Zhou Quan married Au Wing-yan at Lee Garden and returned to Police Headquarters with her the next morning.
• He Wenzhan and Chow Sing Sing sought treatment funds for an injured subordinate, prompting Zhou Quan to investigate Chong Ka-ho’s dismissal after an undercover assignment.
• Zhou Quan halted Chong Ka-ho’s dismissal, secured treatment and a future Police Force role for him, and obtained an investigation into his negligent superior.
• Zhou Quan concluded that Chen Fang was the supposedly dead Chen Guang and assigned He Wenzhan to the joint drug operation while Luo Danian monitored Chan Fong.
• The joint operation seized drugs and arrested traffickers, but Lion accepted a bounty on its leaders and assassinated the leaders from Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.
• Lam Wai Lok reported the assassins’ presence, and Chow Sing Sing led officers to capture Antelope as he prepared to shoot Wong Mui-gwai outside a flower shop.
• Guan Zu detained the armed Zhou Hong, and Zhou Quan ordered his prosecution for illegal weapon possession after confirming his FBI credentials.

Zhou Quan exposed and arrested Chan Fong, then reorganized the Security Department as Hong Kong established a National Security Department under his leadership. As he prepared the new department and advanced Chow Sing Sing, Au Wing-yan gave birth to their twins.

• Zhou Quan used Situ Guang’s evidence to arrest Chan Fong, who was found carrying an illegal firearm, and the authorities investigated the Interpol bureau before replacing it with the Liaison Affairs Division.
• Zhou Quan restructured the Security Department, appointed Luo Danian to lead the Liaison Affairs Division, and promoted Chan Kwok-wah to superintendent.
• Au Wing-yan told Zhou Quan she was pregnant, and Zhou Quan learned that his descendants could gradually inherit his abilities and talents.
• The government established the National Security Department, and Zhou Quan became its head and an Assistant Commissioner while Au Wing-yan awaited childbirth.
• Number One backed Zhou Quan’s plans for the new department and nominated Chow Sing Sing as deputy head, a promotion approved unanimously by the Police Force’s core management.
• Zhou Quan set the department’s structure, transferred Luo Danian to command operations, and selected Gei Siu-kwan to replace Lok Kai-cheung.
• After Au Wing-yan entered the delivery room, Zhou Quan hurried to the hospital and stayed beside her as she gave birth to twins.