Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Chapter 700: Mike, Head of the Political Department

Just as Li Shutang, his grandfather and his grandson were conversing, the entire Hong Kong Island was in an uproar.

All police officers who were on leave were called back and their leave, including weekends, was cancelled. The entire police force was instantly placed under martial law.

Soon after, the head of the Police Force's operations department began issuing orders to all police stations on Hong Kong Island to conduct strict inspections of all newspapers, television stations and other media within their jurisdiction. Any media found to have discredited the police force would be brought back to the police station for questioning.

Following Li Shutang's words, all the police forces in Hong Kong Island were mobilized.

He issued the order at 10 a.m., and at 11:30 p.m., all police officers on Hong Kong Island were mobilized and began heading towards various newspaper offices and television stations.

The Central Police Station, West Kowloon Police Station and others were all dispatched.

Huang Tai stood in the conference room with a serious expression and said, "We have received an order from our superiors to conduct a strict search of all newspapers and TV stations in our jurisdiction. Once we find any reports that defame the police force, we will immediately bring the relevant personnel back to the police station for questioning."

"Now, all members of the major crime squad will conduct searches in small groups. Remember, this mission is very important and must be completed!"

"Yes, Sir!" All the team leaders of the serious crime squad stood up and shouted loudly.

"Let's go!~" With Huang Tai's order, all the members of the West Kowloon Serious Crime Squad set off.

The same situation also occurs in various police stations.

The police force's actions instantly attracted the attention of various bigwigs in Hong Kong Island. Even the Governor of Hong Kong Island, Murray MacLehose, learned about this and immediately picked up the phone and dialed Li Shutang's number.

After the call was connected, MacLehose said seriously, "Commissioner Li, I don't know what happened that made you impose martial law on the entire police force. You should know what this means, right?"

"All airports and docks have started strict inspections. People who don't know may think that terrorists have appeared in Hong Kong Island."

Li Shutang was not panicked at all. Instead, he said calmly, "Governor, of course I know that I did this for a reason."

"During this period, there was a group of very hidden forces that were targeting the senior leaders of our police force and trying to subvert the police force. So in order to catch this group of people, I put the police force into a state of martial law."

"This group of people is so bold that they tried to subvert the police force and even shot and assassinated senior police officers. Currently, Assistant Commissioner Cai Yuanqi, Superintendent Watson, and Kwong Chi-lap are all injured and lying in hospital."

"I did this for the safety of the entire Hong Kong Island. The police force shoulders the important responsibility of protecting the people of the entire Hong Kong Island. Once there is a problem with the police force, there will be problems for the entire Hong Kong Island."

After hearing this, MacLehose was silent. After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Director Li, you can arrest the criminals, but I hope you can grasp the degree of it!"

After finishing speaking, MacLehose hung up the phone. Although Li Shutang spoke very politely, he could hear something different in his words.

As the governor, he is also very clear about Li Shutang's retirement time, which is at the end of the year. Logically speaking, Li Shutang should be waiting for retirement in an orderly manner, focusing on stability, and it is impossible for him to be so radical.

Unless someone has annoyed him, what Li Shutang cares about most now should be his son Li Wenbin and grandson Li Jiajun!

Li Shutang, who was already facing retirement, was like a dying giant who might drag a person of the same level or even stronger than him to be buried with him at any time. Even Murray MacLehose did not want to offend him at this time.

Thinking of this, Governor Murray MacLehose immediately said in a deep voice: "Let the Special Branch check what happened in the police force recently and who provoked Li Shutang to make such a big move."

"Yes, Your Excellency Governor!" said the assistant beside him respectfully.

Soon, the people in the Political Department received orders from the Governor.

Although the Political Department is nominally a subordinate department of the police force, even Li Shutang, if he wants to command someone in the Political Department, needs to talk to Mike and obtain his consent. Those in the Political Department only obey the orders of their superiors.

As the Governor of Hong Kong Island, Murray MacLehose had the right to give them orders.

The chief of the Special Branch in Hong Kong Island is Mike. In addition to being the chief of the Special Branch, he is also the chief of MI6 in Hong Kong Island.

With his military background, it can be said that no one in Hong Kong Island can control Mike.

However, after hearing the order from Governor Murray MacLehose, Mac curled his lips and said, "Let my men check what's going on. The police force can't be in chaos, otherwise I'll be in trouble too."

Following Mike's order, the Political Department quickly began to operate. As a military intelligence organization, the Political Department was able to thrive in Hong Kong Island. There were many informants developed by the Political Department within the police force.

Not long after, a detailed report on the police team's mission was placed on Mike's desk.

After reading it, Mike frowned and said in a cold voice: "This Li Shutang is getting bolder and bolder. He actually put the entire police force into a state of martial law just because of two superintendents and an assistant director. Doesn't he know the seriousness of this martial law?"

"And now they've arrested so many reporters and editors. What's the purpose of this?"

At this moment, Mike suddenly saw the manuscript of a newspaper that would be published tomorrow. After seeing what was written on it, he was stunned for a moment, then grinned: "I was wondering why Li Shutang suddenly went crazy, it turns out someone is messing with his precious son, no wonder."

"Go find out who is behind Li Wenbin, and then find out the causes and consequences of these things. They are making Hong Kong Island quite lively. I want to see who is doing this. They are quite courageous."

Mike's words were full of confidence, as if there was nothing he couldn't do in Hong Kong Island.

But he is indeed qualified to have such confidence. In Hong Kong Island, Mike and others are actually members of MI6, which is called the Political Department on the surface.

In this context, it would be easy for the Political Department to find out something in Hong Kong Island.

Before long, the heads of the political departments of each police station received orders to use their informants to find out the entire process of the incident.

It just so happened that there was an informant from the Political Department within the Security Department that Cai Yuanqi was in charge of.

The informant immediately passed the message up, and Mike was stunned when he received it.

"These people are fighting among themselves. It turns out that Kuang Zhili and Watson were the ones Cai Yuanqi arranged to do the killing. These two people are the confidants of Li Wenbin and Huang Bingyao respectively, so they are planning to kill these two people first and cut off the arms of Li Wenbin and Huang Bingyao!"

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