"THIS STORY IS NOT BASED ON ANY REAL-LIFE CASES." "Em," "Hong Kong experienced the latest typhoon arrival ever in a year." "Typhoon brought over 200mm of rainfall to Hong Kong." "Man!" "Wake up, Man!" "Thieves!" " Wake up, Man!" "Thieves!" " Shut up!" "Answer your phone." " Van 71 calling." " Van 71." "Container Port Road South in Kwai Chung, near streetlight 000381." " There's a TADO." " Stop right there!" "Someonca-'s hurt, looks conscious." "Wait for more details." "Mister, you're injured." "Do you need an ambulance?" "I can't understand Chinese." "Piss off!" "You are suspected of dangerous and drunk driving." "Amt-m," "Hey, watch your tongue." "Stop with the foul language." " Show me your ID card." " What ID card?" "No!" " Do I need to carry an ID card?" " If you don't show us, we'll take you" " to the police station right now." " Do you know who my uncle is?" "Sit down." "(it-film {Exam" "You!" "Take the phone!" "Hello?" "This is Emergency Unit Commander M.Y. Shum." "He's suspected of drunk driving." "What's his relationship to you?" "Can I go now?" "Hello?" "A man crashed his car and is suspected of drunk driving." " He said his uncle is a judge." " What?" "They're mad dogs." "I need to leave." "Hello?" "Arrest him!" "We're cops, not mad dogs." "I could beat you to death for assaulting us." "Vincent, these are the documents you wanted." "Lau, Commissioner Tsang's flight just arrived in Copenhagen." "[His cellphone fl-i (iii," "Headquarters command control center said apart from m: milks [Exam and headquarters (amine, at least three G4 tactical teams took action 15 minutes ago." " Is it that serious?" " There's more." "2D minutes ago Deputy Police Commissioner Lee, as acting commissioner, announced a Tier One response." "Something"; up." " Sir." " Lau." "The big show tonight is obviously against you." "Watch out." "Save the formality." "Time is short." "Albert, let's start." "We called you all back so late because of two things." "First, an hour and a half ago?" "An explosive went off outside the Broadway Mong Kok cinema." "So far no casualties have been reported." "Second, last night at 23:00 an Emergency Unit van?" "In New Territories South hadn't reported to the command center for 3D minutes." "At 23:19, our report room received an anonymous phone call." "Leanne." "An Emergency Unit van with five cops and all the equipment in the van-- what's it all worth?" "Michael." "The Emergency Unit control center confirmed that NTS-T1 still hasn't checked in." "Regional command records show #71 was mid-shift." "At 22:44, it had just dealt with a drunkard causing trouble." "They continued on with work and then went missing." "Not only the EU van, but also the phones of the five officers went dead." "We all know GPS isn't exact." "Besides radio records, we activated the Major Incident Investigation" "('MEI Support and locked down a 20km radius." "New Territories South sent out two EU vans and patrol cars to follow up." "U p to now" "Lau, up to this point, what do you think?" "Deployment fl-i m: [Pd car-all] rm related to cases handled earlier by #71 to assist in our investigation." "We've already done what you've just said." "Listen, on the face of it, the Mong Kok bomb and the hijacked van can't be random incidents since they happened around the same time." "23 minutes ago, I activated the Emergency Response System and this is the provisional command center." "To, you're the Director of IT." "I want you to explain how this happened." "Lee, as the Supervisory Board and computer section heads aren't here, let me answer for" "I'm asking about the technical stuff!" "Can you give an answer?" "!" "To'.!" "Given today's technology and resources, the hijackers can only block a channel." "Beyond our department, no one knows what frequency we use." "It's simple." "We'll check with the Broadcasting Authority to see where TV and radio signals in New Territories South had interference." "We can then locate where the hijacking took place." "Our budget was cut, and $540 million was spent over six years for so-called state-of-the-a rt tec h nology!" "The commissioner is in Copenhagen right now boasting about how safe Hong Kong is, how professional the police are." "How could we imagine this ridiculous system would let a whole team and a police van vanish without a trace?" "I could draw conclusions now." "Two possibilities." "First, there's a mole in the force." "Second, there's a serious loophole in our communications system." "It's your department's responsibility, To." " Albert, carry on." " According to the armory"; records," "Van #71 was fully loaded." "Five officers were on board:" "driver Johnny Wong, 6911;" "plainclothes detective Kelvin Chang, 60625;" "Sergeant M.Y. Shum, 48475;" "Communicator C.M. Leung, 38543;" "and Joe Lee, 78633, sitting in the rear seat." "I'm treating this as a terrorist incident." "Considering its gravity, I've decided to take charge." "The operation code is Cold War." "Mammy,  is never tolerated in Hong Kong." "Never." "Lau, my team is ready." "You have to watch To closely." "To make an EU van disappear, you wouldn't just block the GPS in the van and cut all uploads and downloads, but also kill its radio." "80% of Hong Kong's highways are equipped with cameras." "Even if they all fail, it doesn't matter." "What's best about the third-generation communication system is this:" "every officer's radio has GPS." "Even if it's turned off, we can switch it on via the central computer." " How come I didn't know that?" " It's the Category 2 setup." "Not even the legislature's Finance Committee knows." "You're an admin executive, so of course you wouldn't know." "In other words, every policeman is wearing a bug?" "Not a bug-- a secret weapon." "Listen." "The data shows the abducted officers are being held at the shipyard on Tam Kon Shan Road in Tsing Yi." "Until now, our EU van and its weapons were still missing." "We have to speed up." "Because of his son, Lee has made this whole deployment mess." "Hmm." "Time is so tight and Criminal Intelligence Bureau isn't involved." "Our men will be put in danger." " Hmm." " Lau." "Do you think there's a mole in the force?" "[Eli-MI" "Maybe there's something wrong with our communications system." "Mimi-ifs max-aim" "Lau." "Lee, you can get ready to open the window." "Lee, can we speak for a moment?" "I understand Joe is on the hostage list, but shouldn't you let Albert take charge of this?" "I just noticed that the floor plans they're using are three years old and don't have the Building Department's shop." "Since their position has been located, shouldn't Elm?" "Don't go any further." "It's dangerous out here." "Albert." "Don't worry." "Guys, this is M.B. Lee speaking." "Listen to my orders." "Go" "I'm fine." "How are you doing over there?" "Who are you?" "What are you here for?" "Cops!" "Get up!" "Mammy-am" "Freeze!" "Stand still." "Don't move." "Don't move." "Team C, insert the optical fibers now." "Team C, approaching the hostages' suspected location." "Sir, we've found five mannequins with radios and bombs." "I'm very confident that" "Hong Kong remains the safest Asian city." "Fits" " Sir." " Open the door." "Open the door." "We're afraid we can't, sir." "If Albert is with Lee, tell Albert that" "I want to see him." "How dare he?" "How can I help you?" "I believe intelligence is key to a successful operation." "If you can't read any information because of your rank, just let me know." "I suspect this hijacking case is somehow linked to M.B. Lee and his son." "I want to see Lee's conduct report at the executive council meeting and his background check." "Mammy-mailman"" "Thank you, Mr. Luk." "Trust your own judgment." "Extreme times require extreme measures." "I understand." "Rm." " Looking for me?" " Come in." " Coffee." " Thank you." "Sit down." "Did you get any leads from the questioning?" "I passed by the room but wasn't allowed in, even at my rank." "Those South Asians were just being used." "Secretary Luk just came by." "You would have run into him if the interrogation finished earlier." "Cut to the chase." "I understand how Lee feels... but we're the top management of disciplined forces." "His role as a father can't override his role as a policeman when he makes decisions." "I know Secretary Luk thinks highly of you." "He must have made a deal with you." "Yes, he did." "Can you tell me about it?" "Not just yet." "Okay" "What you've just said" "I can't pass it on for you." "Please tell my boss directly." "Just disregard this visit." "Actually, I prefer latte." "An Emergency Unit van with five cops and all the equipment in the van-- what's it all worth?" "[filly-magma puma" "Ignore him!" "Don't save us!" "Don't!" "Has the commissioner been informed?" "Have you checked the file's properties?" "We tried, but they've been overwritten." "It's almost 9:00." "We'd normally issue a press release now." "Lau, if I were you," "I'd tell Lee about this video right away." "Lau, 2D minutes ago a hijacker called 999 once with an unregistered cellphone." "He asked if we'd finished the calculation." "I've set up another system in the conference room to help your work." "A video from the hijackers." "Yes, call IT and forensics to the commissioner's room." "NQyv!" "An Emergency Unit van with five cops and all the equipment in the van-- what's it all worth?" "[filly-magma puma" "Ignore him!" "Don't save us!" "Don't!" "Lau, the total sum based on your estimate is on the last page." "The riddle is about an EU van, five cops and all the equipment." "It's easy to calculate-- probably not more than $45 million." "No." "It can't be that simple." "There must be something missing." "When it comes to money, everyone wants more." "If this is the answer, they think very little of us." "Who are these people?" "Daring to pull such a big stunt?" "The former commissioner taught me the biggest enemy of the police force is always from inside." "Vincent, I want a list of all dismissed staff since the handover." "I can think of no more than five people capable of taking down the Hong Kong Police." "What a coincidence- part of the puzzle is the five cops being held." "May, call the Administration Bureau." "Find out the death compensation for an officer's family." "Five policemen." "Why could it cost so much?" "Mam" "It's assuming all five of them die." "Lau, the man's identity has been confirmed." "He's the driver, Johnny Wong." "The hijackers are animals." "MIME-SHE?" "He was found unconscious." "Accident and Emergency suspected a heart attack." "CCTV captured the van dropping him off." "The Van's plates have been confirmed as fake." "They're obviously testing our limits, especially Midi-i." "Attention." "It's been more than 1D hours since our EU van disappeared last night." "Not long ago, the hijackers left a seriously wounded officer at a hospital's Accident and Emergency entrance." "This action is seriously provoking the police force." "I'll inform the Security Bureau later and sign the executive directive." "Due to the increasing gravity of the case," "I'm now activating Tier Two response." "All districts' morning duties will be extended for two hours." "All front-line staff must cancel their leave." "Inform the marine police, the airport and public transport." "I need two-thirds of the police force in the rescue operation." "I want to dismiss Lee from duty." " Impossible." " Why?" "If you want to take over from Lee, according to the regulations, you need to dismiss him as acting commissioner." "You need to prove dereliction of duty or his inability to handle duties due to health reasons." "And the whole procedure takes about two weeks." "Right." "That's the normal procedure, but not now." "Don't you remember what you told me last night when I came back to headquarters?" "2D minutes ago Deputy Police Commissioner Lee, as acting commissioner, announced a Tier One response." "Since last night, as head of the police force," "Lee announced Tier One response without consulting management." "He did it simply to deploy" "He's already done the most difficult part for us." "To apply State of Emergency laws, you need at least five votes from police management." "Currently, half of the members are in Copenhagen." "You don't have five votes." "Mm:" "He's always been on Lee's side, but still, he has the highest academic qualifications in management and will have a PhD in law in six months." "He understands the rule of law better than any of us." "I just talked to him." "He's hesitating." "This time it's solely based on legal-system considerations." "If I discover that you have any plans to harm my boss," "I'll do even worse to you in return." "I won't let you down." "When should we take action?" "In three minutes." "Why?" "To give Lee some time." "He's helping us get votes." "Morning, Mr. Lee." " Any breaking news I should know?" " Take a look at the headlines." "If there's no problem, I'll send you the Chinese and English versions." "Article 8b isn't right." "Operation Cold War is still going on." "I don't want to announce the emergency status to the public." "I don't get it." "I said it clear enough." "Do you need me to repeat it?" "You just asked me to censor the news." "Lee, I don't think this is in the commissioner's authority." "Wrong." "I know the police ordinance better than you." "I absolutely have the authority." "I've served two previous commissioners." "Neither of them ever made such a request from our department." "That's because they didn't know how to!" "Hawaii-awn" "Don't release articles 8 to 1D to the public without my approval." "The operation is still going on." "I agree to coordinate with you." "But on the state of emergency-- I can't keep it confidential for you because every Hong Kong citizen has the right to know about the safety of where they live." "If you don't withdraw your request, I won't go." "Which is more important?" "The public"; right to know or the safety of police officers?" "News and safety are separate things." "If you want me to ignore established procedures and follow your order, that is rule by an individual, not rule by law, sir." "Phoenix, are you implying that I'm abusing my authority?" "That's not what I'm saying." "Do you know I can suspend you from duty immediately?" "I know." "The commissioner and acting commissioner have such authority." " What are you here for?" " I want to discuss something with you." "Call all detectives with inspector rank or above to come over." "Have them bring their pistols." "All of them." "WEEK-SK?" "Lee, I think it's too much." "That's why you called up so many constables- to suppress me." " That's not what I'm saying." " "That's not what I'm saying"?" "You two said the same thing." "I heard you used to date." "No wonder you both speak in the same manner." "Lee." "The EU van belongs to New Territories South." "Their head should take charge." "This is headquarters." "You and I have our duties." "Since the handover, the deputy commissioners and even the assistant commissioners shouldn't be directly involved." "In other words, you also think I'm abusing my authority?" "Emmy-mind], but I'm worried that your emotions are affecting your judgment." " I'm asking you:" "Yes or no?" " Yes!" "Lee, the case is serious, but objectively speaking, you are overreacting!" "Sean Lau, you should know that" "I don't need any reason to suspend you from duty immediately." "I know." "But I have that power too." "With what you just said, plus these few constables-- it's enough for me to charge you with insulting your supervisor." "Albert, go out with Lau." "Take them away." " Sorry, Lau." " What are you doing?" "Are you crazy?" "Put down your gun." "Stand at the back." "This has never happened since the handover." "In other countries, it'd be a coup d'état." "I'm now the acting commissioner." "At 09:06, Sean Lau," "I officially suspend you from duty." "Lee, there are rules in the police force." "If a case involves a relative, one should make a declaration." " I'm not commanding the operation." " You obviously failed to do so." "That proves that your judgment is in question!" "It's not a matter of which region or department!" " I question your ability!" " Fairly speaking," " you should step down!" " The hijackers are exploiting our..." " This'll be best for everyone!" " mcommunication system's loopholes!" " If you disagree" " It's a terrorist attack!" " Sorry, Deputy Commissioner M.B. Lee." " Don't form any factions against me!" " I'll suspend you from duty..." " I won't be afraid of you under the Public Interest and Safety Ordinance!" "M Sawﬂy" "Bullshit!" "Are you trying to seize power?" "!" "Do you have enough votes?" "!" "What is it?" "!" "The commissioner's calling." "He's asking for the chief commander of Cold War." "Is this the commissioner's idea?" "Commissioner Tsang." "Lau, are you in charge of Cold War now?" "Vase, ls Lee around?" "He's right here." "Vincent and Albert are here too." "Attention, please." "Acting Commissioner M.B. Lee just relinquished his position mm {Grammar-aim" "In accordance with Police Ordinance, Chapter 232, Section 16, gazette police officers and at least two deputy commissioners have concurred that from now on, g: 1121" "Deputy Commissioner Sean Lau will be acting commissioner and chief commander of operation Cold War." "Lau." "Mum." "You should all know that we are now at a disadvantage in terms of time and situation." "We have to strike a balance between maintaining public safety in Hong Kong and rescuing the hostages." "First, remove all emergency status warnings." "All departments, including PTU," "G4 and SDU, should resume normal duties." "We can't let the hijackers know we made such a huge deployment because of them." "Second, considering this could be a long fight," "I now assign Senior Superintendents Vincent Tsui and Albert Kwong may mm"" "Members in the provisional command center need to set up a duty roster:" "two shifts for the command center and three for other departments, to be in force until the case is closed or Commissioner Tsang returns." "Get to work." "Hello?" "Who is this?" "Why is my colleague's cellphone in your hands?" "Who are you?" "My surname is Lau, Sean Lau." "There are three people on the police force with the same name:" "one in the marine police, one is a constable, another is" " the deputy commissioner of police." " I'm the acting commissioner." "I'm asking you why our colleague's phone is in your hands." "I called you up." "Watch your manner when you talk to me." "Mummy-arm {m" "Don't go to school if you haven't done your homework." "Remember, your cops are in my hands." "And you're not Sean Lau." "Tell Sean Lau to answer my call in three minutes." "The phone signal started from Ting Kau Bridge northbound towards Castle Peak Road." "Total duration: 28 seconds." "The suspect should be in a vehicle." "Get video footage from Transport Department." "I want his psychoanalysis and risk assessment." "What SIM card is he using?" "Which cellphone?" "I want all of this immediately." "Johnny Wong just died." "Mm, and the welfare section." "Tell them to send people to the hospital." "How much more time?" "45 seconds." "Hello?" "Commissioner Lau." "What should I call you?" "Commissioner, are you well prepared?" "$9312" "HEB rm" "Get it ready before 3:30." "I'll tell you how to hand it over." " Albert." " Yes?" "We shouldn't all stay and use up our energy here." "You sign off first." "Lau." "Let me go to the vault." "Mr. Luk sent this to me." "He wanted me to hand it to you." "He said you would know what it is." "[m];" "Trtiﬂl," "May I have a word with you?" "Lau." "Hello?" "Do you have the cash with you, commissioner?" "Vase," "Let me tell you-- your calculation is wrong." "I can't wait any longer." "Listen." "I want $33.33 million in cash." "You have half an hour to prepare it." "Also, don't bother to trace me." "I'm at Chung On Street in Tsuen Wan." "Emmy"" "After deducting $33 million, around $60 million remains." "Min-item" "The Vault's director reminded me before I left that in case we don't use the whole amount, we can return what's unused to the vault right away." "He doesn't want to get in trouble." "Use a dog van." "Deliver the remaining money back to the vault by dog van." "Be careful." "What do we do with this Lee guy?" "He's worth more than the rest of these people together." "Don't let him die." "Change the location now." "The cash is ready." "How do we hand it over?" " Come alone." "Do you drive?" " Yes, I do." " Ca!" "CQ" " Lau." "I have deployed three teams to back you up." " Plate number?" " KM 1605, black car." " Where are you now?" " Leaving the car park." "Go to Arsenal Street, turn left onto Harcourt Road." "Cross the harbor via the Western Harbor Tunnel." "Copy." "Car 1 will wait at the Western Harbor Tunnel entrance." "Sorry, I've changed my mind." "Get out of the car now." "Commissioner, take the escalator on your left to the footbridge." "Shall we take a ferry?" "IFC is on Lau's left." "Four Seasons Hotel in the front." "Star Ferry Pier on his right." "Vincent, counting on you now." "Car 2 and Car 3, go to the Star Ferry." "Stand by on the left and right." "At your pace, you should almost be there." "Tell me what's in front of you." "Pier 7 is in front of me." "Piers 2 to 6 to outlying islands on my left." "Turn left, go to Pier 6." "Take the ferry to Lantau Island." "Turn around." "Take this ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui." "Run over." "Lau turned round." "Lau turned round." "We're all exposed." "Counter-tailing tactic?" "Let's take the Western Harbor Tunnel." "Car 1, slow down at the Kowloon exit and wait for me." "When did you last take a ferry, Commissioner Lau?" "You're still talking to me." "Aren't you worried we'll trace you?" "Then I'll call you back in five minutes." "Before I go, a reminder for you:" "keep an eye on yourself, not just the others." "Your shoelaces have come untied." "Albert, the phone signal is very close to Lau's location." "Team across the harbor on standby." " Are you Mr. Lau?" " Yes." "Hello?" "Commissioner Lau, you're four minutes behind schedule." "Get in a taxi and go to the airport." "Alumni-mam"" "Mister, my shift is over." "Take another one." "Police." "Start the car." "MA3714 LICENSE #6613, LEO HUI" "Received Lam's text." "Taxi, plate number Mother-Alpha-8714." "License #6618, Leo Hui." "Hey, I'm going to be a little while." "I picked up a difficult fare." "What can I do?" "Set up the mahjong table and wait for me." "We'll talk later." "PLATE." "DRIVER." "CLEAN AND NO RECORD." "Where are you now?" "Route 5, West Kowloon Corridor." "Don't go to the airport." "Go up the ﬂyover to Tat Kok Tsut." "Wait, driver." "Turn right, take the flyover to Tai Kok Tsui." "First you said the airport and now it's Tai Kok Tsui." "Sir, are you having fun?" "Can you think clearly first, sir?" "I'm guessing both you and the money bag are equipped" " with tracking devices, right?" " Have you ever been in the force?" "If you had, you would've had a bright future." "I joined in 1988." "Have we met before?" "I have absolutely no interest in the job." "How are my colleagues with you?" "Stop" "Ilsa-film"" " Stop!" " Sir, my license could be revoked!" "3110p!" "Sir, what am I supposed to do?" "We can't stop here!" " What do you want?" " Look below the bridge." "You're following me." "Finality-am" "Don't you want to save them?" "I'll count down from three, and you'll throw the money clown." "Three, two, one!" "Money." "Police!" "Freeze!" "Put down the money!" "Vincent, I need backup." "What about my taxi, sir?" "You're not saying anything." "What should I do?" "Film]" "Ah!" "My car, sir!" "Ah!" "It hurts!" "Vincent." "Lack of practice." "Not as nimble." "Albert, call an ambulance." "Lau, we've been had." "The money in the dog van was taken." "Gall an ambulance!" "Get Lau's location and send an ambulance." "YES?" "You've all worked so hard." "Get some rest." "Lee." "[HI-MEN" "The Organized Crime team is taking statements from colleagues." "Calm the colleagues first." "It's been a tough day for everyone." "Make a statement after dealing with your wound." "Get some rest." " Where's Lau?" " Over there." "Where's Vincent?" "Where's Vincent?" " Tell me!" " Mrs. Tsui." "Where's Vincent?" "Where's Vincent?" "!" "Where's..." "Where's Vincent?" "!" "Oh no!" "Bring Vincent to me!" "Lau." "The commissioner's flight has been delayed till tomorrow morning." "Before he got on board, he only knew there was one commander" "{karma" "This key, you'd better return it to him personally tomorrow." "Today was so strange." "Everyone apologized to me once I arrived in the hospital." "I can accept their apologies, but not yours." "Luckily, the four missing officers are back." "Vincent's case is unfortunate." "But we're not totally defeated." "Wilhelm-am" "I'd be more radical than you." "Lau." "Lau." "The Vault's director, William Ngai, has taken half a month of annual leave without saying where he'll go." "I'll check with the Immigration Department tomorrow." "It's already 1 :00." "How about I drive you home?" "Lau, we've arrived." "Go get some sleep." "I'll pick you up tomorrow." "Vincent." "Excuse me, sir." "I want a confidential briefing." "I received a document this morning." "It was signed "informer."" "It's a complaint against current Deputy Police Commissioner Sean Lau for allegedly accepting bribes and perverting the course of justice." "The complaint refers to the Tai Kok Tsui bridge gunfight seven days ago." "The trickiest thing about it is that one of those in the EU van was the son of Deputy Commissioner M.B. Lee." "All police at the rank of superintendent and above must pass an integrity check." "Billy, are you serious?" "For the past month until yesterday, at all the registered banks in Hong Kong, all the counters received an amount of tracing paper totaling 9.500." "I don't understand what you mean..." "Mr. Chan." "What I'm saying is that we at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority never thought tracing paper prepared for law enforcement departments would be of any use." "You make it sound like the money was lost because of us, Mr. Chan." "Wait." "Let me say something." "Tracing paper, so-called traceable banknote-s, hasn't worked well in tracking down criminals at all." "For the Monetary Authority to prepare such money for us in the future, we'd need to do further roe-assessment." "Sir, Independent Commission Against Corruption officers." "Mr. Sean Lau," "I'm ICAC Principal Investigation Officer Billy Cheung." "We suspect you violated the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, section 4." "Please come with us to assist in investigations." "What do you think you're doing?" "You're making an arrest at police headquarters and it's the deputy commissioner?" "Mr. Lau, please co-operate with us." "Don't you know the procedures?" "The people here are the top people responsible for maintaining Hong Kong's safety." "If you want to invite Mr. Lau to your office, you must give at least half an hour's notice." "Also, with such a big issue, did you inform your boss?" "Half an hour?" "No problem." "Ma"" "Lee, I'll go with them." "Sorry, Mr. Lau, for keeping you waiting so long." "This is my assistant, W.M. Kwok." "I'm going to be direct." " Can we cut to the chase?" " Sure." "Whens-mafia" "That's why we invited you here, in order to get more information." "Mm anal-Jimmy"" "Based on your experience and instinct, how easy do you think it would be to hijack an EU van?" "Didn't you just say to be direct?" "Frankly, given today's advanced technology, making an EU van vanish is almost impossible... unless it's an inside job." "Do you think there's a mole in the police force, Mr. Lau?" "After the Cold War operation, our Internal Affairs section opened a file to run an integrity check on each person in the van." "{m Es completed." "HEM-mamas" "Before operation Cold War, because the commissioner was out of town," "M.B. Lee was initially the acting commissioner." "But when Cold War went into action, you took over from him." "That means you weren't originally the chief commander of operation Cold War, right?" "That's correct." "So may I know what criteria the police force uses to assign the chief commander for an operation?" "And what are the criteria for changing a chief commander?" "Of course, the role of acting commissioner is very important." "What's the mechanism for assigning it?" "The answers are all in the police force ordinance." "You can download it online and find out yourself." "This operation's report is very different from previous reports." "That's why we asked you to come here, Mr. Lau." "Given that there's no record about changing the operation commander, it's already a big issue." "Do you know the difference between a report and a log sheet?" "As the hijackers requested, the force took the ransom from the vault." "The hijackers requested a new number and the total sum wasn't used." "Under legal principles, the remaining money should've been classified as evidence and stored in the evidence room." "So why was it sent back to the vault on the same day with minimum security instead?" "After Mr. Lee stepped down, you wrote a check for $93.2 million in the name of acting police commissioner." "Mr. Lau, on December 8th, you were actually the most powerful person in Hong Kong for two hours that afternoon." "Your every decision could have affected Hong Kong's security." "Whatever my position is, I always make the safety of citizens the top priority in every decision." "We're both in law enforcement." "Do you remember a lesson in the criminology course that covered Stockholm Syndrome?" "Since you said we're both working for law enforcement, why do you keep beating around the bush?" "Simply tell me what I've done wrong." "Mr. Lau, have you seen this document?" "No." "Regarding this document, we sent a letter to the Security Bureau." "But they, in turn, asked us how we got it." "We found your fingerprints on this document." "I need legal advice." "We got permission from the Secretary for Justice to follow all your phone calls." "We have sufficient criminal evidence on you." "Tell me where the $59 million in public money is right now." "Tell me, Mr. Lau." "laptop rm" "You said you have all the evidence." "Show it to me now!" "If not, I'll give you time to buy a computer." "Also, can I call my lawyer?" "YES?" "If you can talk now, cough once." "May, go downstairs and see Phoenix in the PR section." "Ask her if she has looked up the person I asked her to check." "Don't do it right now." "You know what I mean." "Vase," " Mr. Ngai." " Mr. Lau." "Sit down." "Sorry to ask you to meet in such a hurry, Mr. Ngai." "I followed the Hong Kong news in Australia too." "Never thought such a big incident happened that day." "Gamay-mama" "(mm," " did you ask my colleague Mr. Tsui..." " Mr. Tsui?" "...to return money to the vault as soon as possible if it wasn't used?" "No, I didn't." "Mr. Ngai, if you don't mind, can my colleague come to your office to take a statement from you tomorrow at noon?" " No problem." " Thank you." "Billy, the Kowloon Bay Vault's director, William Ngai, just died." "[Ba" "Looking for me?" "Colleagues are dealing with Vincent's funeral." "Ramona?" "He had lost a lot of money in the past six months." "His apartment was mortgaged to the bank three months ago." "Did you eat?" "Let me cook some noodles for you." "I went to see Janet this afternoon." "How is she?" "Vincent left a lot of things that still need to be settled." "I should go help her." "Have you ever been betrayed by a friend?" "Billy, can you tell me how you got hold of this CD?" "I can't at the moment." "The contents are confidential to the topmost level of the police force with the highest confidentiality." "There's no way a normal informant could obtain it." "If the content inside is true, it may be beyond our power to investigate further." "But the informer seems familiar with the police, the ICAC and the law." "We are now the only people who can find the mastermind behind Cold War." "We and the informer are in the same boat now." "We can't turn back." "I know you've always wanted to come back to the Accountability Bureau, right?" "Billy, I've considered it, but this case is too complicated." "This is the only chance." "This could be the Watergate of our time." "I'll give you three days." "Three days." "RGJUTE R-ANSQM GUNS FIRED AT' TH] 'T'@ﬂ] BRIDGE" "According to sources, manly-mu was arrested by the ICAC yesterday morning." "IL:" "Excuse me." "If you keep throwing out questions like this, we can't answer any of them." "Let the Chinese media go first." "Mr. Luk, has Sean Lau been suspended?" "He's taking leave for personal reasons." "Public opinion of the police force is very low this year." "Now the deputy police commissioner has even been arrested by the ICAC." "Is anyone in the Accountability Bureau going to take responsibility?" "This question-- let's discuss it next time." "Mr. Luk, you've not once said in public that you support Sean Lau to be the next police commissioner." "Did the ICAC operation interfere with your plans?" " Secretary Lu k, what do you think about a high-ranking police official being arrested by the ICAC?" "Do you think Sean Lau is guilty of accepting bribes?" "Do you think you've picked the wrong person?" "Are you going to take responsibility and resign?" "Mr. Luk, before taking action, did the ICAC inform the Security Bureau?" "I said it clearly: one at a time." "Let me answer your questions all at once." "Deputy Commissioner Lau wasn't arrested by the ICAC." "He's taking leave on personal grounds." "I personally acknowledge his integrity and skills." "Another thing I want to clarify again is that" "Hong Kong is an advanced city under common law jurisdiction." "The ICAC doesn't need to report to me before taking action." "I understand." "Though {mg" "{teem-ﬂaw please familiarize yourself with Hong Kong law and the spirit of the rule of law before you ask questions... because this is the core value that made Hong Kong an international financial center and Asia's safest city." "M.B. Lee was a street cop." "Manly-mu" "Sean Lau, 44 years old, is the youngest deputy commissioner since the handover." "Lee will be turning 51 next week." "Commissioner Tsang will retire in two and a half years." "But so far, no one knows who will be the successor, not even within the force itself." "Lee is hawkish and has always been popular among front-line officers." "Especially Criminal Investigation Department detectives." "He looks like the successor under normal circumstances." "But we were tipped off by senior government sources that their ideal choice is actually Sean Lau." "Because under his management for four years, the force has been revamped very well." "If no critical mistakes happen in the force management in these next few months," "M.B. Lee would probably be urged to stay as Operations deputy police commissioner and then retire." "Then Sean Lau could become" "Hong Kong's youngest police commissioner ever." "Billy, do you think Lee wanted to strike out at Sean Lau in case Lau threatened his prospects?" "If you're making assumptions, you might as well be bold." "Car-all] m:" "laboratory" "Three days ago, I received critical information from the informer." "Mr. Mak has contacted the police commissioner and they initially believed the information is reliable." "Tomorrow, we'll invite Deputy Police Commissioner M.B. Lee here." "We heard Lee is far more sophisticated than Sean Lau." "We have to be alert." "Mr. Lee, we brought you here so early so that, hopefully, it wouldn't scare you and your family." "Can you recall the names in this document?" " No." " An EU van?" "Not including minor players, there'd be a mole who knows the operation"; details, an IT person?" "Who set up the whole system, your contact person, and of course someone in the EU van." "Mum {tam" "Even if you had an IT person as the fall guy and made the lost guns resurface, the identities of the mole and the one in the EU van would remain unknown." "I don't know what you're talking about." "In 1995, a perfect undercover plan successfully broke up a triad gang." "The head of the Organized Crime Bureau then was M.B. Lee." "After the job, due to safety, you vouched for the officers to join the last batch of the colonial government's Identity Renewal Program." "They were even allowed to legally change their names?" "And obtain right of abode in South Africa." "The file number of the program is ND157." "You sound more like a cop than an ICAC officer." "Even the Vault's director was killed by you." "Lots of current and old colleagues even helped you stage a big show to clear Vincent Tsui and kick out Sean Lau, right?" "You brought me here so early... just to hear a story you made up." "If there's nothing more, I have to leave." "Mr. Lee, your planning skills are really strong." "Sean Lau had an impeccable resume plus a strong support team, but all that was wiped out by the so-called Cold War operation." "According to records, your father Lee Shu-tang m:" "superintendent and your son Joe Lee, with a high IQ at 192, graduated with the Silver Whistle Award." "The Lee family has three honorable generations." "Congratulations, Mr. Lee." "You're going to be the next police commissioner." "Your imagination is running wild." "It's nothing to do with imagination." "Your old colleague Yeung Chi-on is sitting in the next room." "Do you want me to bring him here for a reunion?" "Kid, don't play games with me." "I would bet my life that there's no one except your boss in the next room." "Just going off of a very biased analysis" "{Emits (ﬂaw you dare to bring the two deputy police commissioners in for questioning?" "And waste their valuable time." "Isn't it exciting?" "Catch the hidden mastermind, smash the big conspiracy in the police force." "Don't you feel proud?" "If you ever reach my position, you will understand." "Even the commissioner would be amazed by my connections." "What did you think gamma?" "You assume that one of the deputy commissioners is the mole, and either that Sean Lau wanted to take the ransom money or that I trapped him in order to receive a promotion." "I've been serving on the force for 3D years." "I have many friends and I have enemies too." "In these 3D years I've learned one thing:" "no matter what organization, department or position you're in, you first need to learn the rules of the game... whether they're written or spoken." "But many people failed to and died before they could learn them." "Do you know why?" "Because they tried to act smart." "Second step." "find the boundary in the game and don't overstep it." "Only then can you barely survive." "Can a city be run without the ICAC or without the police?" "Also... you two are still green." "Watch out." "Ism-ma" "=~ILQQ= mm" "This is the first time you've visited us after our relocation." "Why didn't you tell me you'd dropped by?" "I was invited by the ICAC today to help in an investigation." "ﬂak-m, the ICAC can detain me for 43 hours without sufficient evidence." "I've decided to stay here for a night." "I'll give you two days and hopefully you can find sufficient evidence in that time to allow you to question me again." "Don't be angry." "You're the deputy police commissioner." "We just want to help the force clean out the black marks." "Cm {tam" "Now you know how to play the game, right?" "Mr. Lee, Mr. Lau wants to see you." "Looking for me?" "Winston Churchill said all wars are unnecessary." "May-mama]?" "The report from the government laboratory came in." "It's been confirmed that the bomb in William Ngai's car was made with black powder." "Sum, madman?" "Those are the main ingredients for black powder." "What is black powder?" "Mam mammal-mum]:" "Don't take it lightly." "Within 4,000 square feet, it can still kill people." "They wanted to push the blame onto Vincent and the Vault's director with their deaths." "The hijacking's mastermind is obviously from inside the force." "If either of us continue investigating Cold War, they'd certainly know about it." "If they don't do anything more or simply hide away, we'll never crack the case." "Mr. Mak, the ICAC is the only law enforcement body reporting directly to the Chief Executive." "Even the Security Bureau has no authority over it." "The ICAC doesn't need to report to me before taking action." "Trust your own judgment." "Extreme times require extreme measures." "I think the informer wants to use the ICAC to dig out the criminals." "Hello?" "Are you the informer?" "If Lau didn't ask us to help, he could be the one getting kicked out." "44 buildings in Hong Kong can release fireworks." "But only 2D people hold black powder licenses." "They're responsible for the firework shows." "We've checked all the fireworks technicians at these 44 buildings and have targeted three of them." "If we can find the bomber, then we can find the hijackers." "M:" "tiara-id]" "His whole body, including hair and nails, showed ferric oxide residues, plus soil from the environment." "According to statements from the other four EU van members, they all said they'd been kept at a scrap yard." "This was confirmed by the report." "But I still have some reservations." "Three days ago I asked the government laboratory to conduct further examinations of the other four officers' clothing." "Among the four van officers, three of them only had one type of environmental element... but one of them had more than one." "Magma:" "this person had been to the same place more than once." "Do you remember there was a typhoon in Hong Kong last month?" "Wind and rain diluted the soil." "Nature provided us with the evidence." "The more careful a person is, the more preparation he would need." "The hijack video needed to be recorded in advance to have enough time to make sure all the background information [in" "Although he has been very careful... the facts are always the most precise." "According to sources, when fireworks are assembled on a roof," "ELK-a m:" "lib everybody!" "Killing the Vault's director and leaving traces of black powder-- the clue is too obvious." "Magma:" "the mole who hijacked the EU van started to clear away witnesses with outside help." "He'd rather betray outsiders who helped him than colleagues inside the force." " Bun." " See you in the gondola." "This is Team B. We've arrived at the south roof." " Are you Albert Kwong?" " Speaking." "Remember Chan Bun, who was at the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau?" "I will testify in return for immunity." "I have things to say." "See me on the roof now." ""WEE-arm" "Michael." "Michael." "Michael." "Get Michael and tell him to contact me." "I'm Albert." "Long time, no see." "You'd been doing very well, Superintendent Kwong." "How long have you been back?" "I only want to know who else is involved." "I'll only tell you if the policemen downstairs to back off." "Calm down and put down the gun." "Do you know how many were hurt downstairs?" " And you tell me to put the gun down?" "!" " Michael!" "Give me some time." "I'll be able to settle this." "I] ensure your u" "Why did you betray me?" "Why did you betray me?" "Michael, why did you betray me?" "Dad, it's so late." "Why aren't you asleep yet?" "Lau has something for you." "What an oversight." "Why?" "Actually, many senior officers are on your side." "Not only me-- many people, beyond your imagination." "They've been helping me all along." "How about Vincent?" "Johnny Wong?" "They're policemen too." "They have families." "The first day in the academy, the instructor helped clear my mind." "He said my work would add a degree of danger to my life, that this is part of the cost of fighting for our rights and interests." "I don't see any problem with it." "Have you forgotten what I've been teaching you all these years?" "I haven't forgotten what you taught me, but times have changed." "No one acknowledges you for helping people." "If you let other people get promoted, even God won't help you." "I had no idea you would go so far." "I want to ask you a question." "[Em-swarm tummy-am" "I..." "I won't turn myself in." "I won't go to jail." "[GI]" "[Film" "Why are you so confident about that?" "Because I'm your only son." "Since Sean Lau was put in charge, all he's done is reduce expenses to make the accounts look nice and please the bosses." "Do you know how low morale is at the front line?" "The present commissioner is disappointing us." "I won't let someone like him take the commissioner post again." "[HEW" "We'll have hope only if you take the position." "How many are with you?" "More than you could imagine." "I've decided if anything goes wrong," "I'll sacrifice a few colleagues first." "In a few clays, I'll let the lost guns and the ransom surface, am you're {am who'll salve {HE ease." "Dad, just one step left." "I did so much." "You have to take the final step." "Joe... you'd better answer my earlier question first." "If I were you, I wouldn't find so many excuses to do so many wrong things." "I wanted to see how much he'd changed, how much of the old him was left." "If he hadn't picked up the gun, there still would've been hope for him." "But he picked up the gun, so he is no longer my son." "His future, dead or alive, has nothing to do with me." "I have been misinformed all along." "How could others say Lee is far more sophisticated than you?" "[mink-mug" "Have you ever thought of joining me on the force?" "Mm," "Sit down." "'Ira-aim, HEM-mam" "I know what you're going to ask." "It's because both Lee and I have applied for early retirement." "Lau, I can't do much more." "The future of the police force depends on you." "Lee." "As a superior, you never run out to look for your subordinates." "Only the opposite should happen." "I should be the one saying that." "You have no practical operations experience, but this became your advantage." "You can look at a case from a wider perspective." "Without [my want-aim ., every department in the force, the ICAC and even the Security Bureau became your tools to solve the case." "I doubted your capability all along." "I was too subjective." "Filmy-mam" "In World War ll, when US President Roosevelt asked UK Prime Minister Churchill how to describe the war," "Churchill said it was an unnecessary war that could have been avoided." "He never said all wars are unnecessary." "The last paragraph on the first page." "I shouldn't have shown off in front of you." "OPERATION COLD WAR WAS IDENTIFIED AS BOTH A SUCCESS AND A FAILURE" "IN GOVERNMENT INTERNAL REVIEW RECORDS." "THE RECORDS SAID MANAGEMENT" "AT THE HONG KONG POLICE AND THE ICAC COULD REMAIN NEUTRAL" "AND THEY COULD STICK TO THEIR POSITIONS" "IN A CRISIS THREATENING HONG KONG LAW AND ORDER." "THEY COULD UPHOLD THE LAW WHILE EXERCISING MUTUAL RESTRAINT." "IT IS AN EXCELLENT MODEL FOR CITIES FOLLOWING THE COMMON LAW SYSTEM." "THE REVIEW DOCUMENT RAISED A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENT MEASURES." "HOWEVER, AFTER INTERNAL ASSESSMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT," "ALL RECORDS ARE CLASSIFIED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND CANNOT" "BE MADE PUBLIC DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS." "May I know who wants to speak to Mr. Lau?" "Please hold on." "Hello?" "Commissioner Lau," "JAPANESE BANK ROBBERY do you still remember me?" "Yes, I remember." "Your wife is Michelle Chan, the manager at Sunflower Florist." "Your daughter is five years old." "Sunshine Flower Kindergarten, grade three, Josie Lau." "What do you want?" "I want you to release someone."