History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 283 Licensed Pirates
"Fang sir, how are you doing in the intelligence department?" He Dingxian poured himself a bowl of fried beef and looked up at the young people in front of him.Fang Jianming once speculated whether there were bigger figures behind Chen Li's several contacts.

But he never expected that He Dingxian would come to see him so soon.

"not bad."

Fang Jianming looked a little cautious, and replied aloud: "He sir is in the operation department, and the ghosts are more face-saving."

"There are a few Chinese guys in the criminal team, and now I'm in charge, and I can do some things."

"Oh?" He Dingxian was very satisfied with his attitude. It seemed that the Chinese inspector was aware of it, and immediately smiled: "I have something to do for you, okay?"

"Sir, please tell me." Fang Jianming moved the chair closer and listened with a serious expression.

He Dingxian smiled and picked up a newspaper and handed it forward, saying: "I suspect that the Jockey Club may be involved in match-fixing. I hope you will bring someone to investigate privately. The monitoring equipment of the intelligence department and the tracking and camouflage are the only ones of the Hong Kong Island Police Force." .”

Fang Jianming took the newspaper, recalled the last newspaper handed over, knew it well, flipped through the newspaper and said, "He sir, I will try my best."

As the only charity casino on Hong Kong Island, the Jockey Club has a signboard of "charity", but it is a huge money-making machine.The members of the board of directors are all members of the council, behind-the-scenes bosses include the governor, police commissioner, chairman of the Legislative Council, etc.
He Dingxian knows that with Mai Jingtao's character, when he finds that he has completely lost control of power, he is very likely to make a desperate fight.At the very least, we should not underestimate a police commissioner, let alone his ambition to defend rights.

Now that the checks and balances against the Hong Kong government faction and the military faction have been completed, the next step is to quickly defeat Mai Jingtao and push a new police chief to power to completely resolve the current crisis.The Jockey Club is a breakthrough prepared early, touching a place that no one dared to touch in history.

You know, this is a place that can donate billions to Hong Kong Island every year!

Fang Jianming folded the newspaper and stuffed it into the inner pocket of his suit. His heart beat faster, and he pretended to be calm: "Jockey Club!"

"He sir wants to touch the Jockey Club!"

He Dingxian picked up his chopsticks again, and greeted with a smile: "Fang sir, eat more, it's OK if you pay more attention to the Jockey Club case, you don't need to have too much pressure."

"If you find anything, you can call me directly, without formal documents."

Fang Jianming understood, picked up his chopsticks, nodded and said, "I understand, Sir He."

Chen Li raised his glass with a smile: "Come on, let's have a drink."

"cheers."

"cheers."

The three of them sat in the partner, toasted together, and had a great time eating.

Afterwards, He Dingxian began to show his easy-going side, talking dirty jokes with Fang Jianming, Chen Li and others, making an appointment with each other to go for a massage later, and then ordered a pot of abalone seafood soup to replenish energy for the next event.Fang Jianming ate very happily, but his heart was excited, mixed with excitement.

He also understands what kind of place the Jockey Club is, but Sir He can entrust him with the matter of Cha Jockey Club.He saw more opportunity than danger, and thought more of the future than failure.Or the same sentence, afraid of death?Just don't come out to mess around!
The people below are not afraid of death, what they are afraid of is not having a chance!
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"Du sir, according to the news, there will be a cargo ship smuggling through the customs at night, and we will do it according to the method discussed last time." A week later, at night, Mai Jingtao stood beside a sea cliff in Kowloon Tong, wearing a suit, looking at the sea A little bit of starlight on it.

The sea is deep and dark, and some of the starlight is the reflection of the sky, and some are cargo ships.

Du Yihua, Director of the Customs, was wearing a uniform and a hat. In the night, he could only see a burly figure, with vague facial features and a straight nose, which gave off a heroic impression.

"Don't worry, Sir Mai, the water has always been the territory of the Customs Department. No matter what happens on the land, the water has the final say."

"Besides, anti-smuggling is originally the responsibility of the Customs Administration."

On the surface of the sea, three anti-smuggling boats were loaded with police officers with live ammunition, and they were already in their positions, hiding in the dark.In the distance, the Kowloon Tong wharf is in full swing, and workers are unloading bags of soybeans from the ship's warehouse.At the same time, six oil tankers were unloading, and more than 3000 community workers were working in full swing. It was a busy scene.

Mai Jingtao nodded slightly, asked his subordinates to bring a cigar, and turned around to hand it to the Director of Customs.

"The boat is almost here."

Du Yihua took the cigar, bowed his head and nodded, took out a walkie-talkie, pressed the button, and said in a puffy voice: "Xinde Shipping, Canghai cruise ship, license plate 0724, act!"

After a short silence.

In the walkie-talkie, there came a series of reply orders mixed with electronic sounds: "Got it!"

"Roger that!"

"Yes, sir!"

Since the Customs Department often performs tasks in the offshore, the use of telephones is very inconvenient, and radio communications were equipped in the early days.Although the distance is limited and the signal is often unstable, it is much more convenient than the traditional telegraph method.

Three anti-smuggling boats painted with the logo of the Customs Department slowly sailed out of the corner and joined the bustling sea.The three ships had already confirmed the position of the Cang Hai on the radar, outflanked the target from three angles until fifty nautical miles away, clamped the Cang Hai, then turned on the lights and sounded the siren.

"Brother Biao, he's from the customs department."

Immediately, some sailors found the boss who followed the ship.

Brother Biao was wearing a white shirt and was playing poker with a few brothers in the crew room. Suddenly he heard the siren and hurriedly led his people out. Looking at the anti-smuggling boat outside on the deck, he was so angry that he punched the railing and cursed. Said: "Damn, licensed pirates are here!"

"Hold!"

Several brothers asked aloud: "Brother Biao, what should we do?"

There are more than 30 sailors and escorts in this ship, all of whom can go into battle with guns and fight desperately. They have combat experience in open seas and islands, and there are plenty of ammunition on board.

But Brother Biao shook his head: "It's too close to Hong Kong Island."

"The shooting now may affect the business of the big boss. It is better to let the customs board the ship. Even if the ship and the goods are detained, the big boss has room to get it back."

The brothers said dejectedly: "Okay."

In fact, Brother Biao’s choice was very rational, because far sea and near sea are two survival strategies. At this time, the sound of loudspeakers came from the three anti-smuggling boats: "The anti-smuggling team of the Customs Administration!"

"Please stop the ship for inspection and cooperate with law enforcement!"

"Stop the ship for inspection and cooperate with law enforcement!"

Anti-smuggling ship.

Twenty heavily armed customs police officers, armed with rifles and explosion-proof shields, are dividing into groups and preparing to board the ship.There are 90 people in one ship, and [-] people in three ships, and the firepower is very fierce.

After the Customs officers boarded the ship, Brother Biao led someone to squat down with his head in his arms and was inspected. He immediately realized the difference tonight.

"Who is in charge?" A customs captain came to a row of people with a list of goods, looking back and forth.Brother Biao lowered his arms, stood up slowly, and replied blankly, "Sir, it's me."

"The whole ship has a total of [-] tons of steel, and none of them has been declared to the customs. Do you know how serious the crime is!"Brother Biao sneered, "Why do you declare at customs?"

"Give me two pieces of money!"

The customs captain looked cold, stared at him and said, "Say it again?"

Unafraid, Brother Biao stared back and shouted loudly: "Sir, I have already paid the fee! I don't want to pay another one!"

A policeman did not wait for the officer's order, so he raised the butt of his rifle and slammed Biao on the head with a muffled sound, knocking Biao to the ground. Walk!"

"Take it back for a good trial."

The customs police officers said in unison: "yes, sir!"

Soon, all the people on the cargo ship were kidnapped and put on an anti-smuggling ship to restrict their personal freedom.Then the people from the Customs Department will station the ship, and supervise the captain to drive the ship into the dock involved in the case in Victoria Port, and stop at a special berth to block it.

This was a busy one, and the customs anti-smuggling police would not be able to finish their work until dawn at least. But when the director of the customs, Du Yihua, received the news that the man had taken control of the ship, he said to the chief of police: "Mai sir, it's done."

"Thank you."

Mai Jingtao put one hand in his pocket, turned his head and smiled, but his mood was not very happy.Because, when a dignified police commissioner needs to rely on external forces when handling internal affairs, it is already very embarrassing.

Fortunately, Du Yihua, Director of Customs, respected Sir Mai very much. He took a sip of his cigar and said, "I'll tell you anything."

"it is good."

Mai Jingtao nodded and said politely: "It's getting late, go back and rest early."

"Goodbye, sir." Du Yihua readily agreed, turned around to end today's meeting, and his subordinate opened the car door for him.Mai Jingtao waved off behind him: "Good night, Sir Du."

In order to unload the ship, a full [-] tons of steel, Xinde Shipping has already contacted professional bulk ferry and truck companies.The steel should be transported to the construction sites in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon for engineering use.

However, the person in charge of unloading the cargo was pacing back and forth on the pier with a rather irritable expression after seeing the cargo ship arrive at the shore for a long time.

The telegram sent to the ship has not been answered for a long time. The freighter is already half an hour late, and it will be late...

"Chen Sheng, Chen Sheng." At this time, an assistant wearing a cheap suit and carrying a briefcase trotted forward, stopped out of breath, and said while holding his knees: "I'm asking! There are fishermen approaching." I saw a cargo ship being stopped by an anti-smuggling ship, and it can be judged from the ship number that it is the company’s Cang Hai.”

"The Canghai was investigated by the Customs Administration?" The person in charge was incredulous.

The assistant nodded: "Yes!"

The person in charge immediately thought that an hour ago, the freighter had sent a telegram to the company, and it seemed that there was no storm at sea, so the only reason for the delay in coming to the offshore area was that it was stopped by the anti-smuggling team.As for things such as grounding, hitting rocks, and ship collision... Although they occasionally occur in offshore areas, it is not impossible to fail to send a single telegram.

The current appearance is indeed the most like being caught by customs.

"I'll call the boss right away." The person in charge heard that the ship was detained by the customs, but he was relieved from the bottom of his heart, thinking that the ghost of the customs department is really crazy about money, who dares to seize the ship?
(End of this chapter)