JUSTICE PAO (1995)
SERIES REVIEW CASE NUMBER 6
Excellency Chow arrives at a prostitute parlor with a group of friends. Shortly after his arrival Excellency Chow is take to see the most beautiful and expensive girl at the parlor, Mong Ying. As Excellency enters the room, it is drugged from the outside. Soon Mong Ying turns around so that Excellency Chow could see her face. At once Excellency chow becomes frighten because he thinks he has seen a ghost. Mong Ying resembles the girl whom he took part in raping and killing seven years ago. Suddenly Mong Ying begins strangling Excellency Chow to avenge the death of her sister Hor Yin Yee. Once Excellency realized that Mong Ying was not a ghost he regains his wits and begins strangling her. As the two struggle a third person enters the room and breaks Excellency chow's neck and hangs him from the roof and leaves. Soon Kung Sin Chuk arrives to look over the crime scene to locate evidence. Cheung Lo and Jiu Fu question the patrons outside. Jin Chiu questions the lady of the parlor about the personality of Mong Ying and her past. After questioning the lady of the parlor Jin Chiu proceeds to question Mong Ying. Upon his arrival Jin Chiu is stunned. Mong Ying resembles the woman that he once loved and promised to marry. At once Jin Chiu becomes over excited and grabs Mong Ying by the hand and calls her Hor Yin Yee. Mong Ying pushes Jin Chiu's hands away and states that she does not know him. Jin Chiu thought for a moment and thought Mong Ying was Hor Yin Yee's younger sister, Hor Pin Pin. But still Mong Ying insisted that she did not know Jin Chiu. Finally he gave up and took Mong Ying back for Justice Pao to question. After questioning Mong Ying, Justice Pao, suspected that Mong Ying had something to do with Excellency Chow's death despite not having the strength to break Excellency Chow's neck. Infact Justice Pao thought that she had an acomplist. Jin Chiu thought that Mong Ying was innocent. The following day Justice Pao saw Jin Chiu looking at the To flowers in the garden. Justice Pao approached Jin Chiu to see what was troubling his detective. Jin Chiu explained to Justice Pao about an event, which occurred before he became Justice Pao's detective. Eight years ago he was wounded in a battle against his enemies. From the snow and the cold a young girl, called Hor Yin Yee saved his life. Hor Yin Yee took care of Jin Chiu until he recovered from his injuries. After recovering Jin Chiu remained with the Hor family and spent most days playing with Hor Yin Yee and her sister Hor Pin Pin. Later Jin Chiu decided to leave to take up an official position from the King. Before leaving Jin Chiu handed Hor Yin Yee his mother's perfume box and promised to return within a year when the To flowers blossom, to marry her. With this promise Jin Chiu left and took up his official post. However time went by so quickly and he was so busy that he was unable to return to Hor Yin Yee's side as promised. By the time Jin Chiu had returned to where Hor Yin Yee had lived they had disappeared and he has not heard from them ever since. Jin Chiu then informed Justice Pao that he was certain that Mong Ying was Hor Pin Pin. Now Justice Pao understood why Jin Chiu had helped Mong Ying during the questioning. Justice Pao then ordered Jin Chiu to investigate friends of Excellency Chow to see whether he could find any clues and then to investigate the real identity of Mong Ying. Meanwhile Mong Ying located a Chi Lo Yer a friend who had followed her and became worker at the prostitute parlor. Mong Ying discovered that it was Chi Lo Yer who saved her and killed Excellency Chow. At once Mong Ying got angry because she did not want anyone to help her in avenging her sister's death. Mong Ying then reflects over the past. Eight years ago her farther passed away and her sister Hor Yin Yee waited in the To flower garden for Jin Chiu's return. Jin Chiu did not show up and Hor Yin Yee became worried. Thinking that Jin Chiu might have been wounded or injured, Hor Yin Yee and Hor Pin Pin left their home to search for him. One night they run into, Excellency Chow, Do Ji On and Tin Sai Cheung. The three men decided to rape Hor Yin Yee, and Do Ji On strangled Hor Yin Yee to death with a cloth and hung her from a tree. Ever since that night Hor Pin Pin had been waiting to avenge her sister's death, and thus decided to work at the prostitute parlor as Mong Ying. After speaking with many people who knew about Mong Ying's past, Jin Chiu, put two and two together. In the evening he located Mong Ying by the river and approached her. Mong Ying was pushing paper boats lighted up by candles along the river to pay respects to her sister. When Jin Chiu arrived her realized that he had guessed correctly, Mong Ying was Hor Pin Pin. Jin Chiu became sadden when he saw Hor Yin Yee's name written on a wooden plark. He could not guess that Hor Yin Yee's birth date would also be the same as the day she died. Jin Chiu then knelt down to touch the name plark and started to cry. Jin Chiu then asked Hor Pin Pin the cause of Hor Yin Yee's death. Hor Pin Pin became upset and blamed Jin Chiu for her sister's death. Hor Pin Pin informed Jin Chiu that her sister died when they went looking for him. Upon hearing this Jin Chiu became even more saddened. Hor Pin Pin could no longer stand being around Jin Chiu any longer and decided to take the name plark and left. Jin Chiu then returned to the court room and started to drink. Justice Pao approached Jin Chiu and attempted to comfort him but Jin Chiu was still saddened. Finally Jin Chiu decided that he should take good care of Hor Pin Pin, because he felt responsible for Hor Yin Yee's death. Jin Chiu took out some money and bought the company of Hor Pin Pin so she would not have to see any customers. Jin Chiu save her nearly everyday sending gifts and playing chess. But Hor Pin Pin still had not forgiven Jin Chiu. Meanwhile Tin Sai Cheung tried to blackmail, Do Ji On whom was now in charge of the Royal Secret Service. Do Ji On refused to be blackmailed by Tin Sai Cheung and advised him to leave immediately. Outside Chi Lo Yer attempted to kill Tin Sai Cheung to help Hor Yin Yee avenge her sister's death but he did not succeed. Tin Sai Cheung managed to escape. When Hor Pin Pin found out what Chi Lo Yer had done she had an argument with him. Jin Chiu save this argument and suspected that it was Chi Lo Yer who murdered Excellency Chow. Jin Chiu then sent Kung Sin Chuk to investigate the real identity of Chi Lo Yer. One time when Jin Chiu visited Hor Pin Pin, she asked him how to bring a criminal to justice. Jin Chiu told her that in order to bring anyone to justice, there must be evidence to prove that a crime was committed. Hor Pin Pin knew that no evidence existed to prove that Tin Sai Cheung and Do Ji On killed her sister so she was certain that the only way to bring justice to them was to act by herself. She left the prostitute parlor and dressed up as a boy to take up work at Do Ji On's hotel. Meanwhile Do Ji On had sent his spies to locate Hor Pin Pin. With Hor Pin Pin gone, Jin Chiu went to locate more information about her past and ended up finding Hor Yin Yee's body. After speaking with the locals he found out the real cause of Hor Yin Yee's death which made Jin Chiu more saddened. From the skeleton Jin Chiu recovered the perfume box that he had given to Hor Yin Yee. He then vowed to bring justice to those responsible for the rape and murder of Hor Yin Yee. From the locals Jin Chiu also discovered that Chi Lo Yer was an obsessed lover of Hor Pin Pin and had followed her. With this information, Justice Pao suspected that Hor Pin Pin and Chi Lo Yer collaborated to kill Excellency Chow to avenge Hor Yin Yee's death. Meanwhile Tin Sai Cheung arrived back to blackmail, Do Ji On whom promised to give him money so he would disappear. They arranged to meet at Do Ji On's hotel. But Do Ji On had planned to kill him at the hotel. Hor Pin Pin also discovered that Tin Sai Cheung was going to stay at the hotel so she too planned to kill him. However Chi Lo Yer followed Tin Sai Cheung on the way to the hotel, and made him nervous. Tin Sai Ching sent his friend to meet up with Do Ji On instead to shake off Chi Lo Yer who was eventually captured by body guards at a gambling parlor. That evening a masked Do Ji On murdered Tin Sai Cheung's friend thinking that it was Tin Sai Cheung. Do Ji On then hung the body from the roof using a piece of cloth to imitate the murder of Excellency Chow to push the blame onto Hor Pin Pin and Chi Lo Yer. Tin Sai Cheung witnesses the murder from outside the room and was nearly stabbed in the dark by Hor Pin Pin, but he managed to escape. Having failed in her attempt to kill Tin Sai Cheung, Hor Pin Pin decided to disappear as well. When Do Ji On found out that Tin Sai Cheung and Hor Pin Pin was still at large he sent his spies to investigate their location. When Justice Pao is informed of the attempted murder of Tin Sai Chueng he realized that Tin Sai Cheung must have been the second person involved in Hor Yin Yee's death. Justice Pao also suspected that Do Ji On was the third person behind the murder after an initial discussion. But Justice Pao knew that it was only his guess at the moment. Justice Pao then ordered Jin Chiu to locate Hor Pin Pin and Chi Lo Yer so he could find the truth. Jin Chiu managed to capture Chi Lo Yer and who was then questioned by Justice Pao. Chi Lo Yer admitted to the murder of both Excellency Chow and Tin Sai Cheung's friend but Justice Pao did not believe him. Jin Chiu was then sent to locate Hor Pin Pin once more. When Jin Chiu did locate Hor Pin Pin he became drugged and poisoned. Hor Pin Pin refused to listen to Jin Chiu or allow him to help. She then ventured out to kill Do Ji on herself at a celebration. She failed, and Do Ji On followed her back to the old house and attempted to murder her. Jin Chiu bursts out from the old house to battle with Do Ji On and saved Hor Pin Pin's life. By doing so the poison went into Jin Chiu's system and he became injured. Luckily Cheng Lo and Jiu Fu arrived to take Jin Chiu back to Justice Pao and Kung Sin Chuk healed him. Chi Lo Yer and Hor Pin Pin were then questioned together. They informed Justice Pao that Excellency Chow, Tin Sai Cheung and Do Ji On were responsible for the rape and murder of Hor Yin Yee. But when Justice Pao asked them who was responsible for the deaths of Excellency Chow and Tin Sai Cheung's friend, they both admitted the full blame and informed Justice Pao that is was not the fault of the other person. Justice Pao wanted a clear answer in order to find the truth, but suddenly Chi Lo Yer grabbed Kung Sin Chuk and escaped with Hor Pin Pin. Jin Chiu was then called from his sick bed once more to locate Hor Pin Pin and Chi Lo Yer. Justice then sent Wong Chiu and Ma Hon to stake out Do Ji On. Jin Chiu caught up with Chi Lo Yer and Hor Pin Pin but allowed them to leave. Later Justice Pao was informed that Do Ji On had not returned to his house for days and that spies were located walking around his house. Justice Pao suspected that Do Ji on had sent the spies out to locate Hor Pin Pin and Chi Lo Yer. Once more Jin Chiu was required to search for the pair. Meanwhile Do Ji On had captured Tin Sai Cheung, Chi Lo Yer and Hor Pin Pin. He took them to the same place and planned to kill them all to destroy the evidence. Do Ji On made the mistake of attempting to rape Hor Pin Pin which outraged Chi Lo Yer who broke free to wrestle with him. Chi Lo Yer was killed during the struggle, but Jin Chiu arrived and saved Hor Pin Pin and Tin Sai Cheung. When Justice Pao questioned them over the murder of Hor Yin Yee, Tin Sai Cheung admitted that he took part in the rape but it was Do Ji On would killed her. Tin Sai Cheung and Hor Pin Pin informed Justice Pao that Do Ji On was responsible for Chi Lo Yer's death. Justice Pao then ordered Cheung Lo and Jiu Fu to bring Do Ji On into questioning. Do Ji On pushed Justice Pao's theory aside and blamed someone else and walked out of the court room. As Do Ji On was leaving Justice Pao told him to stop and informed Do Ji On that he had never failed to solve a case before. But Do Ji On was still cocky and arrogantly strode away. With no evidence available Jin Chiu decided to take Hor Pin Pin and Tin Sai Cheung to re-act out the murder at the crime scene. Jin Chiu visited the old house where the Hor family lived and was saddened. There Hor Pin Pin could see that Jin Chiu had always loved Hor Yin Yee even to this day. Finally she forgives Jin Chiu for not showing up as promised eight years ago. In the re-actment, Tin Sai Cheung remembered that Do Ji On suffered a burn from the perfume box, Hor Yin Yee was carrying and suffered a scar. Now Jin Chiu had hardcore evidence. But Do Ji On had anticipated this move and scratched the scar so that the swan pattern had disappeared. Lord 8 then visited Justice Pao to inform him that the Queen and Princess sided with Do Ji On. Lord 8 then went along with Justice Pao's plans to expose Do Ji On. Lord 8 invited Do Ji On and Justice Pao over for dinner to make peace. Whilst he was gone, Cheung Lo arrived with a body which resembled that of Do Ji On, but the face had been scratched beyond recognition. The body did however have a scar with a swan pattern on it. From this Do Ji On's wife identified the body as Do Ji On. Justice Pao then walked in with Do Ji On and now there was hardcore evidence. After obtaining the Queen and King's full support to investigate the activity of the Secret Service Justice Pao discovered that Do Ji On had made another careless mistake. A subordinate witness Do Ji On kill Chi Lo Yer which backed up Tin Sai Cheung and Hor Pin Pin's words. Tin Sai Cheung was then sentenced to ten years in prison. Hor Pin Pin was set free because she did not kill anyone. Chi Lo Yer was already dead so Justice Pao let him rest in peace. Do Ji On was beheaded for murdering Hor Yin Yee, Chi Lo Yer and Tin Sai Cheung's friend. After the avenging her sister's death Hor Pin Pin went back to live at her old house. Jin Chiu made sure that she was going to be alright before leaving to return to his duties with Justice Pao. RATING (7) This was one of the better Justice Pao cases. I enjoyed this case the most behind the case featuring Jacky Liu and Maggie Siu. It had some happy moments, when Jin Chiu flashed back to when he was saved by Hor Yin Yee eight years ago, and it also contained many tragic moments. The lack of fighting was actually compensated for by the terrific acting of Felix who played a major role in this story. Felix was extremely convincing in the emotional scenes with his sad and tragic look. In this story Fiona Leung played both sister's Hor Yin Yee and Hor Pin Pin, and did an equally good job as either sister. Overall the acting kept this emotional packed story interesting. Also unlike the majority of Justice Pao cases, this one actually has a good ending with Hor Pin Pin allowed to be set free in the end.
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