Crossing Hong Kong to be a police officer, but the system is wrong

The next day, in the case analysis room of the 8th Squad of the West Kowloon Serious Crime Unit.

Song Shijie sat in the main seat and asked his team members to report the latest work progress.

The first speaker was Xu Wenshi: "The deceased is Zhu Guangsheng, male, 45 years old, with a clean record. He runs a watch shop and owns two properties... His wife is currently accompanying their only son to study in Lijiaopo, and they have been notified to come back to handle the deceased's funeral..."

Jiang Kaicheng said, "Boss, Kuaishan and I conducted a questionnaire survey on the watch shop employees who reported the case, as well as the owners of nearby shops, neighbors and other relevant personnel. From the information collected so far, the victims have given high praise, and basically said that Zhu Guangsheng was friendly and kind to others, got along well with the people around him, and had no enemies or conflicts."

Song Shijie nodded. He had read the confession of the reporter and had not found any problems for the time being.

At this time, senior chemist Bu Guodong who was present at the meeting said, "The Forensic Department has checked the items found in the trash can and confirmed that the knife wounds on the deceased's body matched the dagger found in the trash can. In addition, the blood on the coat and gloves also belonged to the deceased. The murderer wore gloves when committing the crime, and no fingerprints could be found on the murder weapon. The crime scene was a watch shop with countless customers every day. There were too many and too messy fingerprints left at the scene. Our Forensic Department has temporarily determined that there is no evidence value."

Then, it was forensic pathologist Zhong Xuexin who said, "After detailed autopsy and analysis, we can clearly infer that the victim's exact time of death should be between 10 and 22 in the morning of October 1. The victim had multiple stab wounds, but the direct cause of death was the stab wound to the heart. According to our preliminary speculation, the murderer's dominant hand was his right hand, which was more powerful..."

"It seems that the chain of evidence of the murderer's robbery, murder, and abandonment of blood-stained clothes is complete." Song Shijie said with his fingers crossed on his chin.

"Now all that's left is to identify the murderer. Do you have any clues?"

The next police officer to speak up was He Chengfeng, who said, "We retrieved the original road surveillance video again and found that at 1:17 p.m. on the night of the incident, a man wearing a mask and a baseball cap and carrying a black backpack entered the watch shop. The shop's gate was half closed and the lights were on. It was probably Zhu Guangsheng who was counting the goods. 20 minutes later, the man walked out of the watch shop and hurried away to the east."

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"Well, it matches the time of death of the victim inferred by Madam Zhong just now. This person is very likely the murderer." Song Shijie said.

He Chengfeng continued: "Then another camera on the road captured the man throwing a bunch of things into a trash can, probably clothes, weapons, etc. The man then got into a white van with a license plate of XXXXX. Due to the angle, the camera was unable to capture the man's face after he took off his mask."

"We followed the cameras along the route the van passed and found that the van drove straight onto Route 3 after leaving Jordan Road, exited at Libao Road and turned onto Route 8 towards Shatin. The last image on the road surveillance was on Che Kung Temple Road. But I carefully watched all the videos. The windows of this van were illegally covered with reflective film, so I couldn't see the inside clearly. The driver was wearing sunglasses and a mask, so his face couldn't be identified, but it was certain that he was not the same person as the murderer."

"Well, Robert, I can't believe you're so careless at ordinary times, but you investigate the case very carefully. Keep up the hard work."

Song Shijie knew that now was not like the future, where a road monitoring system could automatically screen out specific vehicles by inputting a license plate number. Even with the cooperation of the traffic department, it was still a physical task to track down the specific whereabouts of a vehicle.

"Thank you, boss." He Chengfeng was not at all proud of himself. After all, he didn't find any valuable clues in the end.

Many times, investigating a case is like this. We can only slowly investigate through various clues, and no one can guarantee when the case can be solved.

"Let me summarize. We haven't yet identified the murderer, but at least we have his physical features. Next, we will issue a wanted order and hunt down the car. We will also continue to investigate the deceased's social relationships. Although preliminary investigations show that he probably didn't have any grudges with anyone recently, we can't rule out this possibility. Also, we will look for our respective informants to see if anyone has sold these watches recently. After all, if you rob the goods, you have to exchange them for money."

Song Shijie stood up and looked at everyone seriously.

"Yes sir!" The team members stood up and saluted.

……

Putting aside the murder case in the watch shop, Song Shijie had another important matter to deal with. That was the case of Ma Zhihua finally entering the trial stage.

Generally speaking, the most serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape, armed robbery, trafficking in large quantities of dangerous drugs and complex commercial fraud are mostly transferred to the Court of First Instance (High Court) after the completion of the committal proceedings in the Magistrates' Courts.

According to SAR law, the criminal case scheduling judge will schedule the case for trial and set the trial date within 21 days after receiving the defense's scheduling request. The High Court Registrar will notify the prosecution and defense in writing of the trial date.

In view of the extremely serious nature of the Ma Zhihua case and its huge social impact, the High Court has initiated emergency procedures and has notified both the prosecution and the defense that the trial will begin tomorrow.

By the way, the first major case that Song Shijie handled after joining the police force, that is, Li Wanhao and his son Hou Wenhua, were sentenced to life imprisonment in the final trial not long ago. Hou Wenying, Hou Wenhui, Caishen, Fitrong and his subordinates also received their own sentences. Stanley Talent Center welcomes a wave of newcomers.

As a witness for the prosecution (criminal prosecutions are handled by the Department of Justice), Song Shijie has extensive experience in attending court trials.

……

After Song Shijie arranged the work of the serious crime team, he once again came to a safe house alone.

In the bustling Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, there are many departments with safe houses that are not recorded in the official list.

Some safe houses may be located in an ordinary building in the downtown area, but their entrances are extremely hidden; some are hidden in old houses deep in remote alleys. The surrounding environment may seem dilapidated, but in fact, they are full of mysteries. They may not have obvious signs or symbols, but only certain people know their exact location and how to enter.

These safe houses are basically equipped with the most advanced communication equipment and emergency supplies. Some departments (such as CIB) also have a full set of monitoring equipment in their safe houses to deal with various emergencies. Moreover, each safe house has strict confidentiality measures to ensure that important documents and information stored therein will not be leaked, as well as the safety of important people. Strictly speaking, the Baoqi Trading Company where CIB Group A's Paparazzi Team 1 and Paparazzi Team 1 are located is a large safe house.

After confirming the code and identity with the sentry at the door, Song Shijie was able to enter and meet Zheng Huaming and others again.

It's not Song Shijie's fault for being too cautious. It's just that in the past few years, when various departments prosecuted Ma Zhihua, witnesses always got into trouble. He had to obtain Kuang Zhili's permission and adopt the most stringent witness protection measures.