History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 417 Seizing Power
Before the police started shouting to disperse, the driver turned into a mob and started attacking the Star Ferry Terminal.The commander of the team simply gave up shouting, and directly ordered people to rush towards the mob with sticks, trying to drive the mob away by force. However, the mob in the car dealer showed a very targeted attack, only attacking the pier, and did not violently resist the police at all.Once the police approached, they either turned and fled, or simply climbed over the fence and jumped into the sea.

The water next to the pier is shallow, and the drivers who dare to dive are very good at swimming. Not only are they fine, but they can also escape calmly.On the other hand, the number of police officers is limited and their equipment is heavy, so they are basically diving.Moreover, the thugs had been prepared for a long time, took out a homemade Molotov cocktail, and threw it at the pier.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Sporadic flames started to ignite in the Star Ferry Pier, and as the sea breeze spread, the fire quickly escalated.Although the Star Ferry Pier is a high-end concrete pier, it will not be destroyed by fire, but the ticketing station, the drop-off area, and the office are all on fire.

"Sir!"

"There are too many rioters, and if effective measures are not taken, the chaos may not be stopped." After the rioters found that the police force was limited and did not carry guns, their momentum rose sharply, and they organized riots by changing randomly.Once someone is injured, or escapes, or falls into the water, a new coachman will come from the end of the street immediately to fill the position of the previously injured, and they are very heroic.

The chief inspector on the front line received the report from his subordinates, watched the riots at the pier continue to expand, and said with a solemn expression: "Let the brothers withdraw, I will call the director to ask for support, and pay attention to the escaped people in the pier."

"Yes, sir!" The senior inspector saluted and took the order, turned around and arranged for the police to retreat, and separated a group of people to clear a route to meet the employees in the dock office to escape.Since the coachmen vented their anger at the wharf company by smashing, destroying, and burning them, and did not embarrass the staff inside, the wharf employees have been escaping one after another.

The reporters did not expect that the riots would expand rapidly under the noses of the police. They took photos with excitement, watched how the police force would end, and then sent the written articles back to the agency.The director of Wanchai immediately received the report from the front line, and did not dare to be negligent, so he called Tai Kwun to report to the director.Chief of Police Kun first got the news of the first-line handling, frowned, and said sharply: "The most important thing about a riot caused by a public incident is to solve the source of the incident, not to suppress public opinion."

"Additional manpower can be sent to the pier to maintain order. The use of firearms is not allowed. The development of the situation must be strictly controlled!"

This passage expresses Kunxian's position and meaning very clearly, and the Wanchai Commissioner immediately understood, and said: "Yes, sir, the Wanchai Police Station will definitely handle it properly."

"I don't want the riots to cause death. Let the Auxiliary Medical Team get ready to treat all the wounded at the scene, regardless of citizens, police officers, and those involved." Kunxian said in a stern tone: "Understood!"

"Understood, sir!" The director of Wanchai shouted his orders. When there was only a blind tone on the phone, he immediately hung up and called the AMS to ask for support. At the same time, he sent a military uniform team to the scene as a backup force.In fact, when the military uniform team arrived at the scene with rattan badges and police officers, the commander of the rapid response team knew that force was impossible.Eighty uniformed members and fifty quick-response police officers may seem like a lot of people, but there are more than [-] drivers on the scene. In fact, there is no force to disperse the suppression.

At [-]:[-], before the incident was published in the newspaper, Jian Baoning, deputy director of the Security Bureau, was in the office, looking back and forth at a stack of photos, which were the riots at the Star Ferry Pier.

As a high-level executive who has just stepped down from the position of director, he still retains a keen sense of politics. Even if he doesn't know what small movements are going on within the police force, he can see a conspiracy in his eyes just by looking at the orderly progress of the incident step by step and the proper handling.

"There is no doubt that this conspiracy is aimed at military officials, whether it is aimed at attacking the military faction, or a certain person is still unclear." Jian Baoning put down the photo, frowning, and secretly said: "But the incident cannot be allowed to continue."

"Wan Chai Police Station is unwilling to contribute. Calling other police officers will lead to an empty police force. It is best to call out other disciplinary departments." He lacks the details of the incident. After all, Kun Xian and Barton will not report everything to him after he is promoted.And after he was promoted, his contacts were used once, and once less.

He simply used the authority of the Deputy Chief of the Security Bureau to order other disciplinary forces to be mobilized. Now that there is a fire at the Star Ferry Pier, the best force to use is the Fire Department.

Jian Baoning thought clearly about the gains and losses, and determined that it was really necessary to intervene. Without hesitation, he called Ge Wen, the chief of the fire department, and asked the fire department to send an action force from Wanchai District to the wharf to put out the burning house and assist the police force to disperse the rioting citizens.

In fact, this move was very correct. It is a well-known teacher, and he can also interfere in the internal affairs of the police force. If there are unfavorable results, the negative impact will not fall on him even if he is separated from the fire department.After doing all this, Jian Baoning called Kunxian to inquire about the whole story, but Kunxian waited for a while, and finally no one answered.This made Jian Baoning feel an ominous premonition, and immediately called the deputy director of operations, Patton, but Patton's call was still unanswered.

"The key to the matter is the Rickshaw Association." Jian Baoning put down the phone, calmed down for a moment, then peeled off the cocoon from the thousands of clues, found the most important link, called his subordinates and asked: "Find out who the president of the Rickshaw Union is."

"Detain his family members and bring them to me."

As the deputy chief of security, one of the thirteen bureaus, although the power is not as strong as the police force, it is not a show, and it is just a matter of saying a word to move an ordinary person.However, the rickshaw union is really too shameful, and he really doesn't know who the president is.

Tai Kwun.

Chen Li, Chief Inspector of the Anti-Corruption Office, was wearing a white shirt, with his certificates hanging around his neck. He led more than [-] police officers from the Anti-Corruption Team into the office of the Deputy Director of Operations. The deputy director, Barton, put on a horrified expression, stretched out his right hand and pressed the phone firmly, and then showed a kindly smiling face, and said with squinting eyes: "Sir Barton, the Chief of Police, please sit in the office."

"Chen sir?"

Barton recognized the short, gray and wrinkled Chinese in front of him, and knew that he had an extraordinary relationship with Sir He. In the past years, he had been in the anti-corruption room with his legs crossed, smoking and making tea, as if he was just dawdling around and not caring about political affairs.

After all, he is over fifty years old. If the anti-corruption office is not easy to mobilize, the Chinese below will not allow him to occupy the position all the time.At this time, he led a group of subordinates into the office, which really surprised Barton, but after Barton realized it, he immediately became furious, and shouted: "He sir is doing something for Kun first?"

"The Anti-Corruption Office is doing business, no comment." Chen Li still smiled kindly: "I'm just following the orders from above, please don't make it difficult for me, sir Barton, besides, the director has made coffee in the office, who else will you drink?"

"The director is not in the mood to wait for you for too long."

Seeing Chen Li's expression of about to strike, Barton knew that the other party would not bring more than 20 people to joke with him. He gave Chen Li a cold look, then picked up his police cap and put it on, and strode out of the deputy director's office.

When he walked into the office of the chief of police under the leadership of a group of Chinese police officers from the anti-corruption office, Kun Xian was standing behind a large desk, drinking a cup of hot coffee at a leisurely pace.

"Mr. Kun!"

"What do you mean by asking the Anti-Corruption Office to invite me?"

Barton stood in front of the desk with an extremely angry expression.

But Kunxian put down the coffee cup, walked to the sofa in the reception area and sat down, stared at him intently, and said in a meticulous and clear way: "I let you handle the incident at the Star Ferry Pier, not for you to magnify the incident again and again."

"What the police force has to do is to protect the interests of the public first, and then to pay attention to the interests of the police officers. As for the interests of the police force, they don't exist at all!"

"Barton, as the deputy director of operations and the chairman of the police fund, you actually interfered with the freedom of the commercial market for the benefit of a project of the police fund, which caused a large-scale riot of more than 500 people in the Star Ferry Terminal. Now the Star Ferry Pier has been burned down to nothing but cement. Who will deal with the injured police officers and citizens?"

Patton's chest was heaving and he was breathing very rapidly. He looked at Kunxian quietly, and a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "In less than three hours, you have completely changed your position. It seems that you and He Dingxian organized the whole incident."

"The purpose is to drive me down?"

Kunxian glanced at him calmly, and said lightly: "I have no sense of mission and honor as a policeman, I resist police review, and I don't cherish opportunities. Now, as the police chief, I will relieve you of the position of deputy chief of operations."

Barton insisted, "Appointment at the police chief level requires the governor to sign the document and the Security Bureau to approve it. You have no right to dismiss me!"

"Sir Jian won't agree!"

Kunxian didn't show any mercy: "Temporary release, and then report for approval."

"Take his rob."

"His ID is accepted!" He pointed with his hand.

Two police officers from the Anti-Corruption Office immediately stepped forward and detained the thick and thick Patton. Chen Li then stepped forward to unload the gun bag and retrieve the documents. Patton did not struggle during the whole process, but just stared at Kunxian and said: "You betrayed us, Sir Jian will not let you go!"

Kun first took the gun and certificate from Chen Li, waved his hands to let the police station release him, and said in a calm tone: "Whoever controls the situation, he will take the initiative. I firmly believe that sir will not fight with me for a person who has lost power."

"Besides, he has long been unable to fight. Now, what he needs most is a decent ending, not a bloody defeat."

"You are foolish enough to hang out with an old bone who is about to retire."

Various thoughts were swirling in Barton's head, and he suddenly felt a little flustered. Seeing Kun standing up first, he opened a cabinet, took out a cup, and put it in front of him: "Remember to finish your morning coffee before leaving, don't waste any more."

That cup of coffee is long gone.

cold.

(End of this chapter)