Chapter 173: Inciting Public Outrage

This roar of anger awakened many Hong Kong citizens who had been crushed under the unbearable weight of life's pressures!

Some elderly women rushed into their homes to grab rolling pins, some elderly men brought steel bars, and a similarly young hoodlum pulled out a machete; a crowd swarmed over and began to beat the North Vietnamese, which quickly escalated into a large-scale conflict!

Several elderly women and men seized the chance to drag Lu Jianrong and the others out. By now, Lu Jianrong's face was covered in blood. He stood up, feeling dizzy and seeing only a bloody mess before his eyes, his expression ferocious.

"Screw your mother!"

He snatched a kitchen knife from an uncle's hand, let out a roar, locked eyes on the North Vietnamese who had just hit him, and stabbed straight into him!

*Squelch. *

Blood splattered across his delicate face; he wiped it away with one hand and grinned.

"Go down and sell salted duck eggs!"

"Name."

"Lu Jianrong."

"Gender."

"Male."

"Age."

"15."

"Home address."

"Tuen Mun XXXX."

At the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, Lu Jianrong sat in the Interrogation Room, bound hand and foot, sitting face-to-face with a Police officer.

The Police officer asked sternly: "Do you know what crime you have committed?"

"Assault with a weapon."

A fearless expression appeared on Lu Jianrong's face.

The Police officer immediately asked: "Why did you do it?"

Lu Jianrong replied: "They hit us first."

As he spoke, Lu Jianrong showed the Police officer the wounds on his body: "There are many people at the scene who can testify for us."

The Police officer checked them and asked: "Which gang are you from?"

Lu Jianrong shook his head: "No gang."

He truly had no gang, was not a Hung Hing boy, and didn't even count as a nominal Blue Lantern.

"No gang? Isn't your Tuen Mun all Ching Yee Sik of Hung Hing?" The Police officer sneered.

Lu Jianrong shook his head again: "Officer, I don't know what you're talking about. I really haven't joined any society. My old man became neither human nor ghost because he used laundry powder. I hate the underworld the most, how could I join a society?"

"Speak, who instructed you?"

The riot that happened in Yau Ma Tei today—if someone said there was no mastermind behind it, the Police wouldn't believe it. In the next interrogation room, they had also caught a young demon slave who was handing out free newspapers.

Lu Jianrong said: "No one instructed me. I am a native-born New Territories kid.

My grades in school were good, but my family's situation was too poor, so I came out early to work and earn money.

I went to Yau Ma Tei today to look for work, but because I'm young, I looked for an hour and didn't find anything. I saw a few North Vietnamese dressed better than us, so we said a few extra words, and we were beaten by them...

Officer, I was acting in self-defense."

"Be honest with me, tell me, who is instructing you behind the scenes! Otherwise..." The Police officer glared and threatened.

Lu Jianrong still shook his head.

Seeing that Lu Jianrong wouldn't open his mouth, the Police officer took action directly, slapping Lu Jianrong across the face: "Not being honest, are you!"

After saying that, he began to beat Lu Jianrong violently!

Just at this moment, the door to the interrogation room was suddenly pushed open.

Lawyer Huang Dawen, bringing the Chen Family's eldest young master Chen Zhenting, walked in and said: "What are you doing!"

"Who the hell are you asking what I'm doing?" the jowly Police officer barked at him.

Lawyer Huang Dawen looked at Lu Jianrong on the ground and said: "We are here to bail out Lu Jianrong!"

The Police officer showed no respect at all: "Do you think this is the Heaven on Earth Nightclub? He committed murder!"

Lawyer Huang Dawen said: "Your tone just now clearly convicted him without a verdict."

"Who the hell are you?" the Police officer retorted.

Lawyer Huang Dawen introduced himself: "Legal Advisor to the You Rong Group of Hong Kong! Lawyer Huang Dawen!"

You Rong Group, which was the Chen Family's business.

Everyone in Hong Kong knew it.

Chen Zhenting chimed in at the right moment: "I am the General Manager of You Rong Group. I saw the report on the TVB station, so I specifically sent our group's lawyer to provide legal aid to this little brother!"

Lawyer Huang Dawen was a famous barrister in all of Hong Kong; not only did he work for Chen Jiajun, but he was also the legal advisor for several other Chinese merchants.

When Chen Yingnan saw the report on the television, he immediately had Chen Zhenting step forward to come and bail out Lu Jianrong.

Regarding the North Vietnamese refugee problem, Chen Yingnan was also deeply disgusted.

Sure enough, the jowly Police officer shrank back a bit upon hearing this status.

Lawyer Huang Dawen looked at Lu Jianrong and said: "Why are you covered in blood? Did they hit you? Let's go get a medical examination!"

"They didn't just hit me, they were using torture to extract a confession." Seeing a lawyer come to support him, Lu Jianrong immediately replied.

Seeing this, the Police officer hurriedly threatened Lu Jianrong: "Hey, you little hoodlum, don't talk nonsense!"

In Hong Kong, you shouldn't offend a lawyer, especially a lawyer backed by a large group.

"Eh."

Huang Dawen immediately interrupted: "Officer, Hong Kong is a place that speaks of law! He can say whatever he wants, he can even curse you, and you can use it as evidence in court, but you cannot stop him from speaking!"

After finishing, Lawyer Huang Dawen looked at Lu Jianrong and said, "Let's go, we are going to get a medical examination for your injuries."

"Hey, you know about the situation in Hong Kong today; now the people above want us to catch the mastermind, so don't play around anymore," the Police officer said, sweat dripping, using a threatening tone while saying the most cowardly words.

"You say stop playing and we stop? Lu Jianrong, from now on don't say a single word. We have already questioned the eyewitnesses; you acted in self-defense!"

Huang Dawen patted Lu Jianrong on the shoulder.

Lu Jianrong immediately followed suit and nodded, his eyes showing gratitude.

Huang Dawen added, "Have you eaten?"

Lu Jianrong shook his head.

"Make do with a bowl of shark fin rice," Huang Dawen said, patting his shoulder.

……

That day.

The riots that occurred on the streets, besides Yau Ma Tei, also included the Shenshuishe area. The Police arrested over a dozen people who were giving out the Oriental Daily News for free, but according to the interrogation records, these people had no connection to any criminal organization.

Immediately following this, the Police sent people to interrogate the editors of the Oriental Daily News, but the Ma Family was powerful and influential, and they didn't pay them any mind at all, directly dispatching a massive team of lawyers.

By noon, major news media outlets stationed in Hong Kong from all over the world followed up on the report of this incident.

After all, the issue of the Yue Nan refugees was a global issue.

Among them, the country that accepted the most refugees was not anyone else, but Huaxia!

And the city that accepted the most refugees was Hong Kong!

Moreover, the Hong Kong Police's brutal act of arresting people distributing the Oriental Daily News on the street also allowed many Reporters to sniff out a bit of value for sensationalism, and they successively accused the Hong Kong Police of interfering with the freedom of the press.

Among these accusations, the loudest naturally came from the United States media; after all, the United States loves selling out its teammates the most, and loves fleecing the various countries of Ou Luoba the most.

That night, the Hong Kong government convened an emergency meeting to discuss the matter of the Yue Nan refugees.

This meeting was attended by all the high-level officials of the Three Secretaries and Thirteen Bureaus of all of Hong Kong. The Governor, Mai Lihao, sat in the main seat with a splitting headache. After the meeting began, he immediately looked at the Commissioner of the Hong Kong Royal Police Force, Han Yili: "Han SIR, please introduce the current situation."

Han Yili briefly introduced the situation of the day.

After he finished his introduction, everyone looked at Mai Lihao. Mai Lihao said righteously: "This is completely a premeditated and purposeful act. We must curb it; we cannot encourage such unhealthy tendencies!"

Han Yili countered: "Sir Mai Lihao, although this incident is completely premeditated and purposeful, I would like to ask, why does our Hong Kong, merely as a single region, bear so many refugees?"

"Just last week, there were ten shooting cases in Hong Kong by the Yue Nan Gang targeting local societies, with 1 dead and 1 seriously injured."

"We in Hong Kong have absolutely no obligation to bear these refugees; the security pressure on this territory is very high!"

The classification of Yue Nan refugees is divided into North Yue Nan and South Yue Nan. According to the way they come to Hong Kong, they are divided into ordinary refugees and Boat People. The so-called Boat People are those who come by boat and are settled in refugee camps.

Due to the hatred between South Yue Nan and North Yue Nan, North Yue Nan refugees often stir up trouble in the refugee camps.

As soon as Han Yili finished speaking, the Director of Food and Health said: "Not only that, the spread of infectious diseases among the Boat People is also very serious!"

In fact, in Hong Kong, it is not just the Chinese upper class who are dissatisfied with this; even many Gweilo elites are dissatisfied with it.

All the high-level officials of the Three Secretaries and Thirteen Bureaus had things to say. After all, to put it bluntly, it is unreasonable for Hong Kong, as a region, to accept so many refugees; these refugees coming over have increased the burden on everyone.

Facing the reproaches of everyone, the Governor, Mai Lihao, stammered and could not say a word.

(End of this chapter)