Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Chapter 694: Li Shutang doesn't even give face

Watson said with a serious expression: "The Attorney General has actually quit. Li Yonglian dared to say this, he must have consulted with the current Secretary for Justice."

"Now that the Department of Justice is messing with the police force like this, Li Shutang, as the head of the police force, will definitely step in. Otherwise, his subordinates will definitely not obey him. No matter how much the people in the police force fight, they are just fighting each other. If the Department of Justice intervenes, the situation will be different!"

"Moreover, the most important thing is that the Police Force is under the Security Bureau. Now that the Security Bureau has not said anything, the Department of Justice has jumped out to accuse the police force. Isn't this a disguised way of saying that the Security Bureau neglected its duties?"

Hearing this, Chen Yongren's face became solemn. He had not thought of such a deep level.

Watson said with a serious face: "Ah Ren, you must keep an eye on this matter. If Li Yonglian takes action, the Legislative Council and other departments will not be idle. If we are not careful, the police force will suffer a great loss!"

He did not forget that the ultimate goal of Li Yonglian, Cai Yuanqi and others was to take control of the entire police force, and then compete for the governorship and make the entire Hong Kong Island theirs.

Such a person would not have only this one move, he must have a back-up plan.

Watson's guess was correct. At this moment, Li Shutang was calling the Attorney General Peter Crewe with a grim expression.

"Secretary Peter, we are all working for the people of Hong Kong Island. If there is anything, let's sit down and talk about it. Don't make things so serious that it will embarrass everyone!"

Peter smiled apologetically and said, "Director Li, I'm sorry. My subordinates didn't know how to adapt to the situation. I scolded him for this. Don't worry, our Department of Justice is definitely not targeting the police station. We are all family. How could I make things difficult for you?"

When Li Shutang heard this, there was no joy on his face. Instead, he said in a deep voice, "Director Peter, now that the incident has happened, there is no point in blaming Li Yonglian. I wonder if your company has any solution to deal with it."

Peter hesitated for a moment, frowned and said, "This matter is not easy to handle now. Our Department of Justice has just pointed out the problems of the police force. If we overturn ourselves, then our Department of Justice will not be able to survive in Hong Kong Island in the future."

There was no surprise on Li Shutang's face. When the other party just opened his mouth, he felt that Pete was playing tricks. Sure enough, he expressed his apology first to shut his mouth and prevented him from blaming the other party. He was really good at it!

"Secretary Peter, although our Police Force is a subordinate department, it is also a subordinate department of the Security Bureau and is not under the Department of Justice. By doing this, aren't you looking down on the Security Bureau?"

He knew that if soft tactics didn't work, he had to resort to hard tactics.

If Pete continued to argue with him, he might be fooled, so Li Shutang turned hostile and brought him out of the Security Bureau.

What gave Li Shutang the confidence was not the Security Bureau but the police force.

The Police Force manages the entire Hong Kong Island police force. Although it is only a subordinate department of the Security Bureau, it is a department with low status but high power, and it is also a department that uses armed law enforcement.

It can be said that although Li Shutang, the top police officer, does not hold a high position, he is extremely powerful. Even Pitt, the Secretary for Justice, can ignore him if he angers Li Shutang.

In the entire Hong Kong Island, the only person who has more power than the head of the police force is the Governor of Hong Kong Island.

After hearing what Li Shutang said, Pete's face immediately darkened. He certainly knew how powerful the Police Department was and that the police force was a subordinate department of the Security Bureau.

But this time, he was also persuaded by Li Yonglian, so he took the risk of offending the Security Bureau and the police force and tacitly agreed to Li Yonglian's doing such a big thing.

Thinking of what Li Yonglian said, Peter's heart hardened and he said in a stern voice: "Director Li, what do you mean? Although your Police Department is under the jurisdiction of the Security Bureau, we, the Department of Justice, also have the responsibility and obligation to help you find your mistakes."

"Now our Department of Justice has returned those cases according to the rules. This is reasonable and legal and in line with regulations!"

"And let me tell you, let alone a small police chief like you, even the director of the Security Bureau, Parker, wouldn't dare to say that in front of me!"

After hearing this, Li Shutang's pupils constricted. He didn't expect that Pete would be so brave today and dare to turn against him directly.

The other party is determined to make things difficult for me and the police force!

Thinking of this, Li Shutang hung up the phone and called the Secretary of Security, Parker.

However, when Li Shutang finished the communication and hung up the phone, his face became completely gloomy.

Parker actually asked him to cooperate with the Department of Justice to sort out and improve those cases.

He didn't know how much benefit Pete had given Parker to make the Security Bureau seem indifferent to the current situation.

At this moment, Li Shutang hesitated. He understood that the Department of Justice and Lai Wing-lam were targeting Wong Bing-yao, not himself. Although if he did not stand up to help Wong Bing-yao, it would be difficult for him to lead the police force in the future.

But there is a very realistic problem now. That is, Li Shutang is about to retire at the end of the year. Is it really worthwhile to stand up and fight against the Department of Justice and Li Yonglian now?

Li Shutang doesn't want to get involved in these messes when he is about to retire.

So he began to hesitate.

On the other side, Peter found Li Yonglian and said solemnly, "Li Shutang from the police force has called me just now. Apparently, your actions still made him dissatisfied. Are you sure you can suppress the police force in this competition?"

Li Yonglian immediately said with full confidence: "Director, don't worry, there is absolutely no problem. These problems are not made up by me. They are real problems in the police force. No matter what the police force does, these problems cannot be erased."

"It can be said that we are already invincible. After all, we have only raised some problems of the police force. These problems are real. The police force can't just say that these problems don't exist!"

"Even if the police force is rectified later, we have contributed to it. Don't worry, Secretary. No matter what happens, our Department of Justice will not be harmed in the slightest."

At this point, Lai Yonglian said in a bewitching tone: "Under this situation, Secretary, you can definitely lead the Department of Justice to show off in front of the general public on Hong Kong Island. This will give you a great advantage in your bid for the governorship."

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