allonlinenovel Chapter 256: Thoroughly Investigate the Foundation!
Chapter 256: Thoroughly Investigate the Foundation!
Ni Yongxiao's decision, like the flapping of a butterfly's wings, set off an unprecedented storm in Hong Kong Island.
The moment he nodded and agreed to become a tainted witness, the gears of fate began to turn wildly, and the entire structure of Hong Kong Island began to be reshaped.
After receiving the key clues provided by Ni Yongxiao, the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption quickly formed an elite investigation team, and an investigation into the Zhao and Liang family foundations was imminent.
This action was by no means ordinary. Knowing well that the forces behind it were deeply intertwined, the inland Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Handong Discipline Inspection Commission intervened strongly and supervised the entire process, injecting strong credibility and professional backing into this tough battle.
They sent senior prosecutors and key members of the Discipline Inspection Commission to Hong Kong and worked closely with Hong Kong's anti-corruption elites to ensure that every step of the investigation was accurate and could stand the test of law and history.
The troops stationed in Hong Kong were on high alert and deployed rapidly with lightning speed upon receiving the order to carry out the joint mission.
The soldiers stood tall and straight with determined eyes, and their weapons and equipment shone coldly in the sun, like moving steel fortresses.
The solid skills acquired through daily hard training will now be put into use in the streets and alleys of Hong Kong Island to protect the peace of this land.
On the eve of the operation, all parties gathered in the conference room of the Independent Commission Against Corruption headquarters on Hong Kong Island. The atmosphere was solemn yet resolute.
The conference room was brightly lit, and a complex web of personal relationships and information about suspicious foundation bases flashed on the huge electronic screen, like the blueprint of a giant beast about to be dismantled.
The leader of the Supreme People's Procuratorate had a serious look on his face, and the documents in his hands rustled. He looked around the room and spoke first: "Everyone, this mission is arduous. The Zhao and Liang families have been operating in Hong Kong for many years and have deep roots. The foundation is just the tip of the iceberg. Behind it must be many evil industrial chains such as pornography, gambling, and drugs. We must root them out and not allow the slightest mistake."
The representative of the Handong Discipline Inspection Commission nodded and added: "That's right. From what Ni Yongxiao said, they used the foundation to launder money and then invested the black money in pornography, gambling and drugs, corroding the foundation of Hong Kong society. The people of Hong Kong have suffered for a long time. We must cooperate closely and make each link seamless."
Huo Di, the commander of the Hong Kong garrison, stood up and pointed to several key locations on the screen. "Our department has planned the deployment of troops and will carry out siege raids on the main foundation headquarters and related dens to ensure that the criminals cannot escape. At the same time, we will arrange mobile teams to support the operations of various teams at any time to deal with emergencies."
The head of the anti-corruption department pushed up his glasses and explained in detail: "Our investigators have already found out where some funds are flowing, and have locked down the secret connections between some underground banks and pornographic places and casinos. Tomorrow's operation, one group will follow the troops to directly attack the core office area of the foundation and seize the account information; the second group will work with the police's special anti-pornography, gambling and drug-related team to simultaneously check the entertainment venues; the third group will be responsible for tracking online fund transfer clues and freezing suspicious accounts. We must not let them transfer a single cent of the stolen money."
Everyone's eyes met and they nodded firmly. The ultimate battle between good and evil began.
At dawn, Hong Kong Island has not yet fully awakened from its slumber, and the morning light is shrouded in mist.
The foundation's headquarters building was silent. The security guards were patrolling the door, yawning, unaware of the impending crisis.
Suddenly, teams of agile soldiers from the Hong Kong garrison emerged from every corner of the streets and alleys, as swift as cheetahs, instantly blocking all entrances and exits of the building.
The armored vehicle creaked to a stop, and the black muzzle of the heavy machine gun was aimed at the key position, which was very deterrent.
"Don't move! Everyone squat down!"
The thunderous roars of the warriors broke the silence.
The security guards were terrified and surrendered obediently.
The members of the investigation team followed closely behind, filing in with search warrants in hand, and headed straight for the finance office and the archives room.
The filing cabinets were quickly opened, boxes of accounting documents were loaded onto vehicles that had been prepared, and computer hard drives were expertly disassembled and sealed by technicians as key electronic evidence.
At the same time, entertainment venues in Hong Kong Island fell into chaos.
In a luxurious casino, gamblers were immersed in card games, and the sound of chips colliding could be heard. Suddenly, sirens sounded, the door was smashed open, and armed police and two teams of anti-corruption department personnel rushed in.
The gambling table was overturned in an instant, the chips were scattered all over the floor, and the gamblers screamed and fled.
The police quickly controlled the situation, handcuffed all the people involved in gambling one by one, examined every panicked face with sharp eyes, and checked the organizers of the casino and people associated with Zhao Liang's forces.
The pornographic venue next door was also in chaos.
The disheveled men and women hid in panic. The staff attempted to destroy the transaction records but were stopped in time by the investigation team.
The rooms were checked one by one, account books and surveillance videos were confiscated, and the victims who were forced to work in the sex industry were gently comforted by the female police officers and sent to ambulances for examination and treatment. Tears flashed in their eyes, and they were filled with complex emotions of surviving a disaster.
At this moment, Liang Tianbao, Liang Tianyi, Liang Qunfeng and others who were detained in the interrogation room of the police station were facing tremendous psychological pressure.
The three men had been arrested for some of their crimes before, but they knew they were holding key clues to the survival of the entire criminal network, so they gritted their teeth at the beginning and were determined to fight to the end.
Liang Tianbao sat on the interrogation chair with his hands cuffed, but his neck was still stiff, and his eyes revealed a sense of ruthlessness and arrogance.
The interrogator slapped a stack of newly collected information on the table and said, "Liang Tianbao, don't think you can get away with it by not talking. Look at these. There are more pieces of hard evidence of your frequent financial transactions between the foundation and the underground banks."
Liang Tianbao glanced at him and snorted coldly, "Humph, you think you can fool me with this little trick? I've been in Hong Kong for so many years, I've seen all kinds of storms, what does this prove?"
The interrogator looked him straight in the eye with a sharp gaze: "It is obvious that you are involved in money laundering. The time and amount of these transfer records accurately correspond to the income of several pornographic, gambling and drug-related places. Do you still want to quibble?"
Liang Tianbao turned his head away and said: "That's business dealings, it's normal, don't make random accusations."
Liang Tianyi, who was in the interrogation room next door, seemed calm on the surface, but his slightly trembling fingers still revealed his nervousness.
Faced with the interrogator's questioning about the details of the operation of the pornography, gambling and drug industry, he remained silent, with beads of sweat on his forehead, wondering whether the remaining forces of the family could rescue him, and waiting for a turnaround. The interrogator pressed on: "Liang Tianyi, we have already mastered the flow of people in and out of the entertainment venues under your name, and the registration information of those drug-related people who frequently come in and out is clear. Do you dare to say that it has nothing to do with you?" Liang Tianyi's forehead veins throbbed, and he suppressed his emotions: "They are in my place, how can I control what they do in private!"
The interrogator sneered: "Really? Then what's in the special package that is delivered from your office to the Foundation every day? Don't tell me it's a love letter."
As for Liang Qunfeng, this once powerful figure now looks exhausted but still maintains his dignity.
When asked about the inside story of the foundation's top management's decision-making, he didn't even raise his eyelids and just said, "I'm old and my memory is not good."
The interrogator taunted, "Liang Qunfeng, when you were in the business world and manipulated the dark side, your memory was not like this. How could you forget how you got through the official circles and let those illegal businesses go all the way?"
Liang Qunfeng frowned and remained silent.
However, as the investigation was fully launched, the evil building they had built began to crumble.
One after another, their strongholds were destroyed, their accomplices were captured, and the alarm of broken capital chain roared in their ears. They realized that the situation was hopeless, and if they continued to resist, they would only face more severe punishment, which might even affect their family members who were not yet deeply trapped in the quagmire.
Under the pressure of several consecutive days of high-intensity interrogation, Liang Tianbao was the first to collapse.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at the ceiling and sighed, "Forget it, forget it. I said. It was Zhao Lichun who first found our Liang family and discussed using the legal cover of the foundation as a cover to launder the black money earned from the pornography, gambling and drug business. I was responsible for winning over those money-hungry people in the Hong Kong business community to expand the foundation's capital pool and facilitate the flow of funds in and out..."
When Liang Tian heard his brother speak, his psychological defenses collapsed instantly, and he immediately confessed: "I am in charge of those entertainment venues. The commission ratio of each gambling game in the casino and the number of girls in the pornographic venues are all arranged according to the instructions from above, in order to maximize profits, and then transfer them to the foundation account through specific channels. The transfer is at least three times a week, and when the amount is large, it can be tens of millions..."
Seeing that both of his sons had confessed, Liang Qunfeng's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. Finally, he slowly opened his mouth and confessed the core secrets such as the collusion between the foundation and the gangs to share the spoils, how to bribe officials to seek asylum, etc. Every sentence was like a blockbuster bomb, revealing the dirty tricks that the Zhao Liang criminal group had hidden for many years.
Following their confession, the investigation team felt like they had found a treasure and dug deeper along the clues. The police and the Hong Kong garrison took precise action based on the new clues and destroyed a number of deeply hidden prostitution, gambling and drug dens.
While sieging a secret drug manufacturing factory, the police encountered fierce resistance.
The factory is located in a remote mountainous area of Hong Kong Island. It is heavily guarded and surrounded by barbed wire. It is also guarded by well-trained mercenaries armed with heavy firepower weapons.
The police assault team crawled forward under the cover of darkness. As they approached the edge of the factory, they were discovered by the mercenaries' searchlights and gunfire broke out instantly.
Bullets rained down, hitting the surrounding rocks and splashing sparks.
The police quickly sought cover, used smoke bombs for cover, and approached step by step.
One team member seized the opportunity, rolled over and rushed to the factory gate, set up the blasting device, and with a loud "bang", the gate was blown away, and the team members rushed in like tigers descending from the mountain.
The drug makers inside fled frantically and tried to destroy evidence. The police engaged in close combat with them and eventually succeeded in controlling the situation, seizing a large number of finished drugs, semi-finished drugs and drug-making equipment.
While cracking down on a dock occupied by a large gang, the Hong Kong garrison staged a thrilling naval battle with the gangsters.
The gangsters' speedboats rampaged in the harbor, trying to break through the encirclement, and the militants on the boats continued to fire at the troops' ships.
The soldiers of the Hong Kong garrison were not afraid, and they evaded the attack flexibly and fired back with precise firepower. The shells blew up huge waves on the sea, overturning the gangsters' speedboat.
The soldiers jumped onto the dock and fought hand-to-hand with the stubborn gangsters, showing their fearless courage in the flash of swords and sabers. They eventually uprooted the gangster force and arrested criminal suspects flooded into the police station like a tide. The backbones of the five major gangs in Hong Kong Island were arrested one after another, and the remaining forces collapsed.
Long before the police took action.
The arrest of Ni Yongxiao was like a huge rock hitting a calm lake, causing a storm in Hong Kong Island, and all parties were instantly thrown into panic and turmoil. Hua Banhu and Liang Lu, as key figures trapped in the quagmire, keenly smelled the breath of destruction and chose to flee separately without hesitation, trying to find a ray of hope in this changing situation.
Liang Lu, who seems to be pampered and stays out of the family business on weekdays, actually knows the inside story of the family business secretly.
As early as the moment Ni Yongxiao was surrounded by the police, the taut string in her heart broke with a "snap", and the vigilance she had developed over the years of dealing with the core circle of power was instantly triggered.
She knew very well that once Ni Yongxiao opened his mouth, the intricate chain of evidence linking her family to her crimes would be completely exposed in broad daylight.
Without any delay, she quickly instructed her cronies to book the fastest flight to the United States. Under the cover of darkness, like a frightened night owl, she got into a luxury car with a panicked look but pretended to be calm, carrying a few valuables, and headed straight for the airport.
Along the way, Liang Lu's eyes wandered and she kept looking back from the car window, fearing that a police siren would suddenly sound.
After arriving at the airport, she avoided the crowd, wearing large sunglasses and a low hat, and walked quickly but calmly through the waiting hall, and quickly boarded the plane through the VIP channel.
The moment the plane took off, she slumped in her seat, looking at the Hong Kong Island gradually disappearing into the distance. She was still frightened, but there was still a glimmer of hope in her eyes, as if she could get rid of the sins behind her as long as she escaped from this land.
The spotted tiger was in a different state of disgrace. After years of fighting in the underworld of Hong Kong Island, he had developed an instinctive sense of danger.
When Ni Yongxiao got into trouble, he was certain that the game was over and the wealth and status he had accumulated over the years would be wiped out, and even his life would be in danger.
At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind - run! He ran around the dock like a headless fly, throwing a lot of money at a ship owner, threatening and luring him to set sail immediately, with the destination being Southeast Asia, where the public security was chaotic and it was easy to hide.
The dilapidated cargo ship set sail, shaking violently in the waves. The spotted tiger curled up in the corner of the cabin that smelled of fish, holding his head with his hands. His usually fierce and domineering eyes were now filled with fear.
He listened to the sound of waves hitting the hull, as if it was the sound of the police's footsteps. Every gust of sea wind whistled past, and he trembled all over. His mind kept flashing back to the bloody and violent scenes of the past. He knew that the crimes he had committed would never be easily forgiven, and that his life or death was uncertain if he escaped this time.
While the boat was sailing, Tiger nervously checked the weapons he carried with him, which were his only remaining source of security.
Sometimes he muttered to himself, cursing this sudden change, and sometimes he gritted his teeth, hating himself for not noticing the crisis earlier and for not arranging a more secret retreat route in Hong Kong Island.
When the cargo ship finally approached the strange and unknown coast of Southeast Asia, Tiger took a deep breath, clenched his pistol again, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and he was ready to step into this foreign land where he could hide temporarily but was also full of dangers. The road ahead was uncertain.