Spokesperson of the Hong Kong Comprehensive Police Force

Chapter 580 Tripartite Seminar

At ten o'clock in the morning, the ICAC team arrived at a meeting room in the National Security Department on time.

The other team had a very impressive lineup, led by Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Ms. Fan Luo Peifang.

Deputy Commissioner and Executive Director Yu Hongsheng and Chief Investigation Officer Lu Zhilian accompanied him.

In addition, he was accompanied by Mr. Wei Yaoting, Chief Advisor of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong Government.

The Central Policy Unit is an advisory group within the Hong Kong Government that provides advice to the Chief Executive, the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary.

Although Chief Advisor Wei Yaoting does not hold any position in the Hong Kong government, he can obviously symbolize and represent the decision-making level of the Hong Kong government to some extent.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has a luxurious lineup, and there are also representatives from the Hong Kong government.

On the National Security Department's side, it is naturally impossible for Zhou Quan to be the only one on the battlefield.

Deputy Director Zhou Xingxing, Director of Operational Security Department Luo Danian, and Director of Political Investigation Department Guan Wenzhan.

The four core management members of the National Security Department were dressed in clean white shirts with various honorary badges on their chests, and they were formally dressed to welcome the arrival of the ICAC working discussion group.

Guan Wenzhan, whose main work is on the administrative side, brought the ICAC delegation into the meeting room.

"Mrs. Fan, welcome everyone."

Zhou Quan, Zhou Xingxing and others stood up to greet them, and he took the initiative to extend his right hand.

"Director Zhou, I'm sorry to interrupt your work."

Commissioner Fan shook hands with Sir Quan in a friendly manner. She said with a hint of apology, "It is true that the Z Fund is of great importance. We at the ICAC have to pay attention to it."

Although she knew that the National Security Department had taken action, she still came with a working group from the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

This situation will inevitably lead to some misunderstandings about competing for credit, after all, the relationship between the police force and the Independent Commission Against Corruption has always been tense.

But she couldn't not come because it was the responsibility of the ICAC.

"Mrs. Fan, you are too polite. Please take a seat!"

With a nonchalant smile, Zhou Quan extended his hand and invited everyone to take a seat.

This time, he did not sit at the main seat at the conference table, but sat in the first seat on the inside.

After all, the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption is a chief executive-level position in the Hong Kong government, comparable to the Commissioner of Police, the top officer of the police force.

Even though this is Zhou Quan's territory, he needs to give the other party corresponding respect.

Of course, there is no way Zhou Quan would give up the initiative in the Z Fund incident.

Therefore, he and his brothers sat on the inside of the conference table, leaving the outside to the working group of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and Wei Yaoting, the chief adviser of the Central Policy Unit.

There is no doubt about the National Security Department, just take a seat in the management level.

As for the seat opposite, Commissioner Fan sat facing Zhou Quan, followed closely by Wei Yaoting, and then Yu Hongsheng and Lu Zhilian.

"Sir Quan, Mrs. Fan, the boss has read the investigation report of Director Lu from the Independent Commission Against Corruption."

After the police officer in charge of administrative affairs served everyone a cup of hot tea, Wei Yaoting took the lead and got into the main topic of the meeting.

"You two want to check the Z Fund, right?"

Although Wei Yaoting did not sit at the head seat at the conference table, he represented the decision-making level of the Hong Kong government to listen to the content of the meeting between the National Security Department and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Therefore, it was natural for him to get to the point at the beginning of the meeting.

"Mr. Wei, I'm sorry, let me correct you."

As soon as Wei Yaoting finished speaking, Zhou Quan spoke up and expressed his attitude.

"I don't know the situation of the ICAC." "But our National Security Department is not just preparing to investigate the Z Fund, but has already launched a special operation."

"Code name, Z Storm!"

There is a big difference between preparing to investigate Fund Z and already investigating Fund Z.

His brothers had been busy for almost a week, and their contributions and hard work could not be erased by just a few words from Wei Yaoting.

Apart from the person involved, Wei Yaoting, everyone else only deeply and directly felt the dominance of Police Chief Quan.

Only Deputy Commissioner Yu felt a little uneasy. The code name of the operation, Z Storm, sounded just what he wanted.

Wei Yaoting's expression changed slightly when he was refuted by Zhou Quan in public.

As the chief adviser of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong government, he is an absolute guest of honor no matter which department of the Hong Kong government he visits or when facing all sectors of Hong Kong society.

However, at this moment, Zhou Quan did not give him any face at all.

This was the first time he had experienced such a situation.

Even though he had some opinions about Zhou Quan in his heart, Wei Yaoting did not dare to show it on the surface.

He is indeed valued by the decision-makers of the Hong Kong government, but he is more aware of the importance of this Sir Quan across from him in the heart of his boss.

"Sir Quan, I'm sorry, I spoke out of turn."

Wei Yaoting forced a smile and was the first to give in.

Afterwards, he straightened his expression and continued, "Let's get back to the point. The Z Fund is no longer just a simple case, but an event that has attracted great attention from all walks of life."

"The boss set up a caring fund to help the poor. I believe everyone is very clear that it is actually used to improve people's livelihood projects."

"If we want to investigate Z Fund in depth, it would mean destroying the investment of Care Fund."

"Well, Fund Z will be officially listed in less than a week."

"If we can find solid evidence of the Z Fund before then, that would be the best outcome."

“Prevent the Z Fund from going public and avoid losses to the Care Fund.”

“But if the case cannot be closed before Fund Z goes public, we can find out the problems of Fund Z later.”

"By then, the stock price of Z Fund will definitely plummet, and the money invested by the Care Fund will be equivalent to throwing it into the sea for nothing."

"The media keeps attacking it, and our citizens throw flyers at them every day."

“Who will clean up this mess?”

"Sir Quan? Mrs. Fan?"

At the end of his speech, Wei Yaoting looked at Zhou Quan and Commissioner Fan respectively.

His idea was very simple: which side, the National Security Department of the Police Force or the Independent Commission Against Corruption, could bear such a huge blame?
Anyway, Wei Yaoting's shoulders cannot bear such a heavy burden.

At this moment, how could everyone in the conference room not understand the implication of Wei Yaoting's words?

Mr. Wei, a consultant to the Central Policy Unit, does not agree with the investigation into the Z Fund.

At that moment, except for Commissioner Fan, the expressions on everyone else's faces changed very obviously.

They are members of the disciplined forces. When there is a case, they investigate it. This is their job.

However, Mrs. Fan was obviously more inclined to agree with Wei Yaoting's idea, because she was not only the head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, but also an official of the Hong Kong government.

Political influence and public opinion issues are things that Mrs. Fan must carefully consider.

(End of this chapter)