Chapter Summaries

Zhou Quan dismissed the triad leaders after warning them to obey his rules, then told his officers how he expected West Kowloon's Anti-Triad Department to operate. He left Ma Jun and Chan Ka-kui with broad protection for forceful operations, as long as no innocent civilians were killed.

• Zhou Quan decided that he would make examples of Handsome Kwan, Lian Ho-lung, and Cheung Chi-keung if they defied his rules.
• Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai drank their tea, exchanged contemptuous looks with the other triad leaders, and left West Kowloon Headquarters.
• Zhou Quan ordered Pang Yik-hang and Chan Chi-kit to stay and listen to the confidential discussion.
• Zhou Quan told his officers to fulfill their duties and leave the rest to him.
• Zhou Quan permitted Ma Jun and Chan Ka-kui to use their own methods during operations, provided they did not endanger innocent civilians or cause a homicide, and promised to handle complaints from Internal Affairs.

After taking charge of West Kowloon's anti-triad departments, Zhou Quan ordered a confidential internal investigation to root out corrupt officers before launching operations against Lee Kin-kun, Lian Ho-lung, and Cheung Chi-keung. He went to meet Mok Kam-chuen, head of the region's Internal Affairs Department, to begin the investigation.

• Zhou Quan explained that his harsh methods kept gangs in West Kowloon in check, while the assembled officers understood that Chan Ka-kui and Ma Jun had only been criticized for being too rough.
• Zhou Quan announced that he would ask the Internal Affairs Department to investigate everyone in West Kowloon's anti-triad departments.
• Zhou Quan told the officers to keep the investigation confidential and reassure their subordinates, then said operations against Lee Kin-kun, Lian Ho-lung, and Cheung Chi-keung would follow.
• Zhou Quan left the conference room and went to the top floor of West Kowloon Headquarters to meet Mok Kam-chuen, head of the regional Internal Affairs Department.
• Mok Kam-chuen warmly welcomed Zhou Quan and invited him to sit.

Zhou Quan asked Mok Kam-chuen to investigate the backgrounds of the West Kowloon District anti-triad officers, then reviewed their personnel files. As he prepared to leave work, Chow Sing Sing called his personal phone, and Zhou Quan suspected something important had happened.

• Zhou Quan visited Mok Kam-chuen and asked him to vet every member of the district anti-triad departments.
• Mok Kam-chuen agreed to have the Internal Affairs Department investigate and cooperate with the district departments.
• Zhou Quan collected personnel files and read through them to learn about the officers under his command.
• As Zhou Quan prepared to finish work, Chow Sing Sing called his mobile phone, prompting Zhou Quan to wonder what had happened.

Zhou Quan secretly met Fa Fut, who offered intelligence in exchange for police confidentiality. Fa Fut reported that Lian Ho-lung planned to land a HK$300 million heroin shipment in Sai Kung on Friday night.

• Chow Sing Sing told Zhou Quan that Fa Fut wanted to share important information confidentially.
• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing to bring Fa Fut to Headquarters in disguise and arranged a secluded holding cell for their meeting.
• Zhou Quan met Fa Fut, whose real name was Lok Kei-cheung, and asked why he had come.
• Fa Fut said Lian Ho-lung of Chung Shing Yee was preparing to bring heroin into Hong Kong.
• Fa Fut reported that the HK$300 million shipment would come ashore at Sai Wan Mei and Tai Wong Chai in Sai Kung at eleven on Friday night.

Fa Fut told Zhou Quan that Lian Ho-lung and Chung Shing Yee were preparing to smuggle more than half a tonne of drugs worth HK$300 million in two days. Zhou Quan began planning a tightly guarded operation, deciding not to involve Liu Chi-chung’s unit in the actual raid because he suspected it contained a mole.

• Zhou Quan thanked Fa Fut for the tip and promised to respect his wish to return to his mainland hometown.
• Fa Fut left West Kowloon Headquarters under a hood, escorted by Chow Sing Sing.
• Zhou Quan ordered Chan Kwok-wah to keep his group on duty and restrict knowledge of the coming operation to the four people present.
• Chan Kwok-wah asked whether they should inform Liu Chi-chung, whose Mong Kok unit had been pursuing Lian Ho-lung.
• Zhou Quan said he would notify Liu when the operation began but would exclude his men, relying mainly on his former Yau Tsim District subordinates because he suspected a dirty cop in Liu’s unit.

Zhou Quan prepared a cross-district operation in Sai Kung to intercept Chung Shing Yee’s drug shipment, coordinating with East Kowloon while commanding officers from several units. When Liu Chi-chung challenged his exclusion from the operation, Zhou Quan ordered him to wait for an explanation, as an investigation had uncovered suspicious gambling debts involving Lui Mei-chun.

• Zhou Quan assembled over a hundred armed officers at a Sai Kung command post, with sniper teams watching the two piers and assault teams on standby.
• Zhou Quan coordinated with East Kowloon Superintendent Lam Ke-shing, whose district’s cooperation was necessary because the shipment would land in Sai Kung.
• Liu Chi-chung, Wong Chak-chi, and Ma Jun arrived, and Liu Chi-chung asked Zhou Quan why his team had been left out of the operation.
• Zhou Quan told Liu Chi-chung to wait until after the operation, explaining that the Regional Headquarters' Internal Affairs Department had found that Lui Mei-chun’s Macau gambling debt had mysteriously disappeared.
• Wong Chak-chi stopped Liu Chi-chung from pressing Zhou Quan, suspecting that the exclusion was connected to a corruption investigation within their unit.

Zhou Quan coordinated a two-pier operation to arrest Chung Shing Yee members and seize their drug shipments. Both teams captured their targets and confiscated the drugs, leaving the operation a complete success.

• Ling Jing and Fang Keming reported that Lian Ho-tung's group and Law Ting-fat had arrived at separate piers with their shipments.
• Zhou Quan learned that Su Su and Law Ting-fat had arranged the Sai Wan Mei shipment to embezzle Lian Ho-tung's money.
• Zhou Quan ordered B Group to arrest Law Ting-fat at Sai Wan Mei and A Group to move on Lian Ho-tung at Tai Wong Chai.
• Chan Kwok-wah's team arrested Law Ting-fat and escorted him with several hundred kilograms of heroin.
• He Wenzhan pinned Lian Ho-tung while Chan Chi-kit handcuffed Luo Tianhong, and Zhou Quan's officers seized all the drugs and arrested the criminals.

Zhou Quan’s forces arrested Lian Ho-tung, Law Ting-fat, and other Chung Shing Yee members while seizing a massive drug shipment. He arranged for the main suspects and evidence to be secured under West Kowloon Headquarters, then stayed at the pier to oversee the operation’s aftermath.

• Zhou Quan arrived at the scene and saw Lian Ho-tung and Luo Tianhong restrained by his officers and Chan Kwok-wah.
• Lian Ho-tung saw Law Ting-fat being detained and realized he had skimmed drugs from the shipment, then cursed him until He Wenzhan forced his head to the ground.
• Zhou Quan praised He Wenzhan, ordered Chow Sing Sing to request follow-up support, and told Chan Kwok-wah to take the criminals to West Kowloon Headquarters and keep visitors away.
• Zhou Quan sent Liu Chi-chung to retrieve the arrest warrants, including the warrant for Lian Ho-lung, and ordered the core Chung Shing Yee members brought to Headquarters.
• Kwan Man Chin arrived with West Kowloon support as Zhou Quan remained at the pier to secure the drugs and oversee the wounded and dead.

Narcotics Investigation Division reinforcements arrived at Tai Mong Tsai Pier, where Superintendent Wong Man Tak praised Zhou Quan and joked about recruiting him. Zhou Quan was delighted to discover that Ma Hiu Tin, an old friend from the Police Academy, was among the officers, and Ma asked whether they should begin inventorying the drugs.

• Narcotics Investigation Division reinforcements arrived from Tai Kwun less than an hour after setting out, led by Superintendent Wong Man Tak.
• Zhou Quan and the other commanders greeted Wong Man Tak, who congratulated Zhou and joked that the Narcotics Investigation Division should transfer him to its Anti-Narcotics Squad.
• Zhou Quan politely declined to discuss transferring and redirected the conversation to the work at the scene.
• Wong Man Tak called over Ma Hiu Tin, and Zhou Quan greeted his old Police Academy friend with delighted warmth.
• Ma Hiu Tin saluted the commanders and asked whether his team should begin taking inventory of the drugs.

Zhou Quan’s joint operation seized more than six hundred kilograms of high-purity morphine, which the police declared the largest and most valuable drug case in Hong Kong Island’s history. The haul brought West Kowloon widespread attention, and Zhou Quan became the focus of a major press conference and a future Police News cover.

• Ma Hiu Tin’s team tested the drugs and reported that the shipment was mostly morphine, nearly sixty-five percent pure and worth close to three hundred million Hong Kong dollars.
• Zhou Quan ordered the drugs inventoried and arranged for Wong Man Tak’s Anti-Narcotics Squad to help escort them to West Kowloon Headquarters.
• Zhou Quan had the drugs displayed at headquarters, where Commissioner Wong arrived early, praised him, and arranged breakfast and publicity for the operation.
• Madam Leung held a press conference attended by reporters and senior officers, where she announced that Police News would feature Zhou Quan.
• Two years later, a photograph of Zhou Quan wearing three Bath Stars and the Red Chicken Rope appeared on the cover of Police News.

After the press conference, Zhou Quan interrogated Law Ting-fat, using the threat of Lian Ho-lung’s retaliation to persuade him to cooperate. Law Ting-fat offered evidence against Chung Shing Yee and its leader, Tong Lai-yu, while Zhou Quan anticipated that the gang’s key figures would spend their lives in prison.

• Zhou Quan left the press conference to question the Chung Shing Yee prisoners at West Kowloon Headquarters, choosing Law Ting-fat as his first subject.
• Zhou Quan reminded Law Ting-fat that Lian Ho-lung would likely punish him for betraying the gang and embezzling its funds.
• Law Ting-fat agreed to cooperate if Zhou Quan could protect him from retaliation.
• Zhou Quan offered to request a separate cell in exchange for valuable evidence, and Law Ting-fat promised evidence of Chung Shing Yee’s crimes.
• Law Ting-fat said he could implicate Lian Ho-lung, Su Su, and Uncle Four, Tong Lai-yu, and agreed to assist the police investigation.
• Zhou Quan left satisfied, expecting Law Ting-fat’s testimony to help bring down the gang’s leaders.

After Sergeant Zhou Quan brought down Chung Shing Yee, rival gangs fought over its vacant Mong Kok territory, prompting him to summon district Anti-Triad commanders and reprimand them. He held the officers responsible for failing to control the unrest and warned them that they could be transferred if they could not do their jobs.

• Zhou Quan used Law Ting-fat and Su Su's testimony and records to build cases against Lian Ho-lung and Big Money Man Tong Lai-yu involving nearly a billion Hong Kong dollars.
• After Chung Shing Yee collapsed, Lam Wai Lok and Kam Tsz Tai prepared to claim Mong Kok, while Handsome Kwan and Cheung Chi-keung's forces fought several street battles over the territory.
• Zhou Quan summoned the Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po Anti-Triad Unit commanders to West Kowloon Headquarters after complaints about the fighting piled up.
• Zhou Quan reprimanded Liu Chi-chung, Wong Chak-chi, and Ma Jun for failing to contain the unrest and warned that he would arrange transfers if they could not do their jobs.
• Zhou Quan then turned to Cheung Siu-kwan and Chan Fung-cheung, holding them responsible for Cheung Chi-keung's men entering Mong Kok from Shek Kip Mei.

Zhou Quan assigned officers to crack down on Wo Hing Shing and the gangs led by Handsome Kwan and Brother Arrogant. The crackdown shut down their businesses, halted their territorial fight, and made West Kowloon’s other triad bosses keep their heads down.

• Zhou Quan put Chan Fung-cheung in charge of taking down Cheung Chi-keung, with Cheung Siu-kwan and Gei Siu-kwan supporting him.
• Zhou Quan assigned Sir Wong to target Lee Kin-kun, with Sir Liao and Sir Miu providing support, and ordered both gangs’ establishments shut down within a month.
• Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok launched a sweeping crackdown, sealing off Handsome Kwan’s and Brother Arrogant’s businesses and searching their gangsters.
• Lam Wai Lok, Kam Tsz Tai, Lok Kei-cheung, and Chui Siu-siu avoided provoking Zhou Quan, while Chui Siu-siu kept to Portland Street.
• The crackdown weakened the gangs’ territorial ambitions, improved public safety across West Kowloon, and boosted Zhou Quan’s influence.

Zhou Quan used evidence anonymously supplied by Chiang Tin-sang to intensify his crackdown on Handsome Kwan, while Chiang hoped to remove his rival and preserve Hung Hing’s Mong Kok territory. Zhou recognized Chiang’s scheme and intended to decide who would take over after Handsome Kwan fell, leaving Kam Tsz Tai caught between Zhou and the Chiang family.

• Zhou Quan’s raids drove Handsome Kwan’s businesses into trouble and made Hung Hing’s leaders wary of supporting him.
• Chiang Tin-sang anonymously sent Zhou Quan detailed evidence of Handsome Kwan’s crimes, including drug trafficking, hoping to eliminate him and keep Hung Hing’s foothold in Mong Kok.
• Zhou Quan sent the evidence to Wong Chak-chi, Miu Chi-shun, and the Action Group, ordering them to close in on Handsome Kwan.
• Zhou Quan resolved to control the division of Handsome Kwan’s territory rather than let Chiang Tin-sang install his own preferred successor.
• Kam Tsz Tai’s growing power under Zhou Quan left uncertain whether he would ultimately follow Zhou’s orders or remain loyal to Chiang Tin-sang.

Zhou Quan's crackdown on Cheung Chi-keung nearly lost a crucial witness when a foreign superintendent tried to help an armed drug addict reach the witness in custody. Zhou Quan rushed a large armed force to Sham Shui Po Police Station, where he ignored the district commander and entered to support his officers.

• Chan Fung-cheung's team gathered evidence against Cheung Chi-keung, while Anti-Triad Unit officers guarded him and a key witness around the clock.
• A foreign superintendent tried to place an armed drug addict in the witness's detention room, but a Regional Headquarters Anti-Triad Unit officer blocked the attempt and called Gei Siu-kwan for support.
• After learning of the incident, Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing to assemble the men and bring guns, then mobilized his trusted officers.
• Zhou Quan's convoy joined forces with Anti-Triad Unit officers from several units, and Wong Chak-chi, Liu Chi-chung, and Ma Jun followed with the assembled Mong Kok team.
• At Sham Shui Po Police Station, Zhou Quan saw the district commander arrive but ignored him and went inside to aid the officers confronting the superintendent.

Zhou Quan arrived at the holding cells, where a foreign superintendent was raging at officers who had blocked him from reaching a witness. Zhou Quan had Chow Sing Sing slap the superintendent, then praised Ying Cheung-sam for protecting the witness.

• The foreign senior superintendent decided to avoid intervening in the confrontation between the officers and the Political Department’s men.
• Willy shouted at the Sham Shui Po officers for refusing to arrest the two men guarding the witness and demanded their guns.
• Zhou Quan ordered Chow Sing Sing to silence Willy, and Chow Sing Sing slapped him twice, then struck him again until two teeth fell out.
• Zhou Quan walked past Willy and praised Ying Cheung-sam for holding his ground to protect the witness.

Zhou Quan backed Ying Cheung-sam’s account that Superintendent Willy had obstructed justice and ordered the suspects and Willy taken to headquarters. Sham Shui Po’s foreign senior superintendent declined to intervene, leaving Zhou Quan in control.

• Zhou Quan promised to recommend Ying Cheung-sam for promotion to senior constable and asked him to explain what had happened.
• Ying Cheung-sam accused Willy of abusing his authority by trying to place an armed drug addict in the cell with the Anti-Triad Unit’s key target.
• Zhou Quan told Sham Shui Po’s foreign senior superintendent that he would take Willy and the suspects to headquarters for investigation by Commissioner Wong and Sir Mok.
• The foreign senior superintendent ordered his officers to stand down and left the detention area.
• Zhou Quan ordered Gei Siu-kwan to take the targets into custody and Chow Sing Sing to bring Willy along to headquarters.

Zhou Quan refused Wilson Smith’s attempt to take Willy Hunter and the other suspects into Political Department custody, asserting control over the case. He left for West Kowloon Headquarters and ordered Chow Sing Sing to guard the detainees under strict restrictions.

• Willy Hunter stopped resisting while waiting for the powerful backers he had summoned to arrive.
• Wilson Smith, a Political Department Senior Superintendent, confronted Zhou Quan and demanded custody of Willy Hunter and the other suspects.
• Chow Sing Sing struck Willy Hunter when he tried to resist, while Zhou Quan blocked Wilson Smith from intervening.
• Wilson Smith invoked his rank and ordered Zhou Quan to hand over the suspects, but Zhou Quan dismissed his authority and ordered his men to move out.
• Zhou Quan’s officers forced their way past the Political Department men, and he ordered Chow Sing Sing to guard the detainees and shoot anyone who tried to break into the detention room.

Zhou Quan faced pressure from the Political Department and foreign officials over Willy and Cheung Chi-keung, but Commissioner Wong refused to let anyone take the prisoners without proper authorization. Richard apologized for his subordinates’ actions and chose not to interfere, leaving Zhou Quan free to interrogate Cheung Chi-keung.

• Commissioner Wong rejected calls from a foreign Assistant Commissioner and a Major General, insisting that only senior Police Force orders or a document signed by the Governor could authorize Willy and Cheung Chi-keung’s removal.
• Richard called Zhou Quan to apologize for the Political Department’s conduct the previous night and clarify that he did not intend to challenge Zhou or demand the prisoners’ release.
• Richard decided to stay out of the matter because the MI5 faction behind Willy and Cheung Chi-keung was not his own and Zhou Quan had powerful connections.
• Zhou Quan accepted Richard’s apology, exchanged polite remarks, and ended the call so he could handle his case.
• Zhou Quan left his office to interrogate Cheung Chi-keung, confident that the prisoners remained under his control.

Zhou Quan questioned Cheung Chi-keung about Wo Hing Shing’s Dragon Head Staff, Haidi roster, and foreign backing. Cheung revealed what little he knew about Brother George, while Zhou confirmed he did not know where the two items were.

• Zhou Quan ordered Chan Kwok-wah to guard the next room and turn off the CCTV, then told Gei Siu-kwan not to record the interrogation.
• Zhou Quan asked Cheung Chi-keung where Wo Hing Shing’s Dragon Head Staff and Haidi roster were.
• Cheung said Wo Hing Shing’s elders had never handed him either item, and Zhou concluded he genuinely did not know their whereabouts.
• Zhou Quan asked who was backing Cheung, and Cheung said Brother George had arranged foreign support but had never shown his face.