''ICAC Investigators 2009'' (
Traditional Chinese
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: 廉政行動2009; literally "Upright Government Walk Movement 2009") () is the 2009 installment of the ICAC Investigator series, produced by Hong Kong
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and
RTHK
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Econom ...
. It is broadcast on
TVB Jade
TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. Bro ...
channel. Each criminal case is based on actual cases investigated by the ICAC.
Cast and Synopsis
Case #1: Rigged Market (造市)
Starring:
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Bowie Lam
Bowie Lam (, Lam Bo-yee; born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including ''File of Justice'' and '' Healing Hands''.
Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations ...
as Ma Yat Ming 馬日明
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Jessica Hsuan
Jessica Hester Hsuan (; PA: syn hyn, also known as Suen Huen, is a Hong Kong actress.
Early life
Hsuan's father gave her the name Jessica, while her mother gave her the middle name Hester. She was educated in Hong Kong at Maryknoll Convent S ...
as ICAC Senior Investigator Kwok Yut Man 郭悅文
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Kristal Tin
Kristal Tin Yui Nei (, born (); 28 September 1977) is a Hong Kong singer and a former TVB actress.
Career
Tin's career began with a first place in a singing contest in 1993. After the competition, she was offered a contract at Asia Televisi ...
as Lam Bo Kei 林貝琪
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Vivien Yeo
Vivien Yeo (; born 20 July 1984) is a Malaysian Chinese actress and businesswoman. She represented Malaysia at the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant and made her acting debut in the 2004 youth drama series ''Sunshine Heartbeat {{Infobox ...
as Ho Lai Man 何麗文
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Raymond Wong as ICAC Investigator Henry Leung Pak Wah 梁柏華
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Ellesmere Choi
Ellesmere Choi Chi-kin (; born 28 December 1968) is a Hong Kong television actor for TVB. He attended TVB's training classes in 1993.
Filmography
TV series
*''A Great Way to Care'' (2011)
*''In the Eye of the Beholder'' (2010)
*'' His True Fath ...
as Wong Hoi 黄海
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Lau Kong
Lau Kong () is a Hong Kong actor who worked on the network TVB.
Biography
Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now AT ...
as Lam Man Sum 林萬森 - Lam Bo Kei's father
*Irene Wong as Wong Hoi's wife
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Kaki Leung
Kaki Leung (born 14 July 1981) is a Hong Kong television actress and hostess.
Education
In 2003, Leung received a Bachelor of Acting degree with Honors from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA).
Career
Leung was an entertainment ...
as Leung Han Ka 梁杏嘉
*Lam King Kong as Rocky - Ma Yat Ming's employee
*Ko Jun Man as Cheung Leut Si 张律師 - Ma Yat Ming's lawyer
''"Young tycoons, stock talents takes advantage of the market by manipulating and deceiving their shareholders, causing themselves to end up behind bars."''
:Ma Yat Ming (Bowie Lam) puts his wife Lam Bo Kei (Kristal Tin) name as the chairman of his company. He plots with stock analyst Wong Hoi (Ellesmere Choi) and finance manager Ho Lai Man (Vivien Yeo), they spread false information about how stable his company is to raise the stock prices of his company. Yat Ming's wife Bo Kei discovers that the company was being investigated by ICAC and quickly fled Hong Kong to avoid being arrested and serving prison time. To avoid punishment, Wong Hoi commits suicide by jumping off a building. Bo Kei finds out her husband and Ho Lai Man were having an affair while she was on the run and decides to return to Hong Kong to surrender. Yat Ming scared that his wife would turn on him when she surrenders to ICAC, attempts to murder her. ICAC finds out and hope that they are able to track down Bo Kei before her husband Yat Ming finds her. In the end, ICAC is able to arrest Lam Bo Kei first, but more compelling they find evidence of Yat Ming and Lai Man's secret transaction of stolen goods.
Case #2: Nails (釘子戶)
Starring:
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Sonjia Kwok
Sonija Kwok Sin-nei (, born 22 July 1974) is a Hong Kong actress who worked with TVB from 1999 to 2015. Since 2015, she has been managed by GAIA Entertainment.
Early life
Kwok was born in Hong Kong and is of mixed three quarters Cantonese an ...
as Fong Tze Chuen 方子荃 (阿荃)
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Yoyo Mung
Yoyo Mung Ka-wai () is a Hong Kong actress. She was signed to TVB until March 2013, having starred in various TVB television shows, including '' Forensic Heroes I'' and '' II''.
Career
After graduating from Form 5, Mung worked as a bank cl ...
as Zoe Chu Ji Yun 趙芷璇
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Halina Tam
Halina Tam Siu-Wan, also known as May (born 6 September 1972) is a model, singer and actress. She is best known for her role in ''Legend of the Demigods'' and '' The Gentle Crackdown'' with co-star Wayne Lai.
Career
Tam was the winner of the Mi ...
as Rainy Lam Yeuk Sui 林若水
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Raymond Cho as Lee Chi Lun 李子倫 - Chu Ji Yun's boyfriend
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Fiona Sit
Fiona Sit (; born 11 August 1981) is a Hong Kong singer and actress.
Early life
In an interview with Hong Kong Newspaper Apply Daily in 2006, Fiona Sit revealed that she has always been interested in singing in front of an audience since a ver ...
as ICAC Investigator Hui Kei San 許其珊
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Raymond Wong as ICAC Investigator Henry Leung Pak Wah 梁柏華
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Derek Kwok as Tong Wing Kin 唐永健 - Fong Tze Chuen's husband
*Chan Wing Kei as Chu Ji Yun's father
*Kitty Lau as Chu Ji Yun's mother
''"Whether for love or profit, greed could be destructive to individuals who were originally living through a happy life."''
:Fong Tze Chuen (Sonjia Kwok), Zoe (Yoyo Mung) and Rainy (Halina Tam) are best friends since high school. Chuen's family suffers a misfortunes, Rainy helps Chuen by bribing Zeo's boyfriend Lee Chi Lun (Raymond Cho) for information on urban renewal buildings in advance. Rainy took advantage of the situation and came up with a compensation fraud idea to help Chuen get through the hardships. This left Zoe and Chi Lun who has been together for 7 years broke and no savings for their marriage plan. When Rainy offers a huge sum of money to Chi Lun, he agrees to collaborate with her scheme. All 3 plan accordingly and eye on the compensation to roll in. Unexpectedly, ICAC received complaints about the fraudulent scheme and eventually arrested them.
Case #3: Maintenance Predators (維修大鱷)
Starring:
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Lam Suet
Lam Suet (; born 1964), or Lin Xue, is a Hong Kong film actor.
Life and career
Lam was born in Tianjin, and came to Hong Kong as a youth in 1979 to receive inheritance money left by his grandfather. Soon after, all the money had been squander ...
as Lau Gau 劉九
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Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop diva. As of 2020, she has released more than 35 albums and has starred in more than 40 films. In 2012, Yeung won the Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards ...
as ICAC Investigator Mitilda Yeung Mei Kei 楊美琪
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Pakho Chau
Pakho Chau Pak-ho (; born 12 November 1984), is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, songwriter, and actor. He signed with Warner Music Group and officially entered the Hong Kong music industry in 2007. He left Warner Music in July 2017 and subsequent ...
as ICAC Investigator Kenny 周栢堅
*Kenny Wong as Lam Gong Yiu 林光耀
:Lam Gong Yiu (Kenny Wong) works as a building consultant who is in charge of assigning building projects to construction companies. He is suspected of taking bribes, but what shocks ICAC is Gong Yiu not only takes bribes from the construction companies but he also cancels the contract halfway through construction of the project causing the construction companies to lose money. ICAC Investigator Kenny (Pakho Chau) rash behavior during investigating Gong Yiu almost blows the case and he gets assigned to desk duty. The ICAC suspects Lau Gau (Lam Suet) another building consultant of doing the same. They decide to tale him. During a conversation with ICAC Investigator Mitilda Yeung (Miriam Yeung) he reevaluates himself and understands what he did wrong. Lau Gau daughter Karen, a recent college graduate starts working with him. She soon discovers her dad dirty dealings. When Lau Gau is arrested by ICAC he tries to deny his charges but seeing his daughter disappointed in him he finally confesses.
Case #4: Death Insurance (死亡保險)
Starring:
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Maggie Shiu
Maggie Shiu (born February 27, 1965) is a prominent Hong Kong actress.
Career
Her career began in 1985 when she joined Hong Kong TVB. As her career developed, she took on variety of roles in TV series and movies. Hong Kong audiences still remember ...
as ICAC Investigator Carrie Lam Ga Lei 林嘉利
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Raymond Wong as ICAC Investigator Henry Leung Pak Wah 梁柏華
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Joe Cheung
Joe Cheung Tung-cho () is a Hong Kong director, producer, scriptwriter and actor.
Filmography
As director
* ''The Incredible Kung Fu Master'' (1979)
* '' Killer Wears White'' (1980)
* '' Dan bo dan'' (1981)
* ''Pom Pom'' (1984)
* ''Feng liu zho ...
as ICAC Investigator Chui On 徐安
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Fiona Sit
Fiona Sit (; born 11 August 1981) is a Hong Kong singer and actress.
Early life
In an interview with Hong Kong Newspaper Apply Daily in 2006, Fiona Sit revealed that she has always been interested in singing in front of an audience since a ver ...
as ICAC Investigator Hui Kei San 許其珊
* Johnny Tang as Chan Jung Man 陳仲文
* Kate Tsang as Chan Siu Kui 陳水嬌
''"Magic reaches a higher level. No evidence for the death, but still the ICAC investigators detected the fraud and bribery."''
:Chan Jung Man (Johnny Tang) is an insurance salesman. He buys a life insurance policy in Hong Kong for his sister Chan Siu Kui (Kate Tsang) who lives in Mainland China; however, he is the sole beneficiary of the plan. Three months later he tries to collect from the insurance company, claiming his sister in the Mainland has died when she was struck by lightning and that her body was burned and buried. The insurance company felt unfortunate, but he was suspected of broker fraud and bribery of the premium and was arrested by ICAC. The ICAC team had to race through 48 hours to crack the case before Chan Jung Man could collect on the life insurance. Working with Mainland authorities, they were able to solve the case in time.
Case #5: Public . Private . Car (公.私.車)
Starring:
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Andy Hui
Andy Hui Chi-on (born 12 August 1967) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Hui is considered one of the most successful Hong Kong singers, with an extensive list of Cantonese and Mandarin hits to his credit.
Early life
Hui's mother is Vietnamese. ...
as ICAC Investigator Cheung Ji Fung 張誌鋒
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Sammul Chan
Sammul Chan Kin-fung (born 4 May 1978) is from Hong Kong. He is an actor, singer, and presenter.
Career
Chan debuted in 1999 as a DJ for Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited under his birth name, although most of the time he was simply referred t ...
as ICAC Investigator Chan Kar-Ming 陳嘉明
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Stephanie Cheng
Stephanie Cheng (born 10 October 1984) is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She debuted under Go East Entertainment with the song "Grown Up" in 2003 and has since released more than six albums and EPs. She is best known for her song "Traffic Light" ...
as Ah V Lei Nga Wai 李雅惠
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Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching as Mok Yau Kuen 莫有權
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Louis Yuen
Louis Yuen Siu-cheung (born on May 23, 1967) is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He co-hosted the Super Trio series, ''Super Trio Supreme'', in season 8 with Eric Tsang, Chin Kar-lok, and Wong Cho-lam. He also co-hosted the Fun with Liza and Gods se ...
as Wong Hou Nam 王浩南
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JJ Jia as YoYo
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Stephen Huynh as Jason
''"The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. But those in power could eventually abuse their power for personal benefits." ''
:Electrical and Mechanical Service Department's Mok Yau Kuen (Evergreen Mak) receives a contract from engineering companies to provide free shuttle services to several government buildings for government workers and he was also in charge of maintenance checks for the vehicles. However he took advantage of his position and used the shuttles vehicles for personal uses, to drive his girlfriends around for leisure. He would also often accept bribes from companies offering him luxury entertainment. Eventually the ICAC was tipped off of his dealings and he was sentenced to prison.
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Award nominations
TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)
* Most Improved Actor Raymond Wong
Viewership ratings
See also
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ICAC Investigators (TV series)
ICAC Investigators () is a long-running family of Hong Kong television miniseries about the work of Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The series are public awareness films produced by Radio Television Hong Kong or Tele ...
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Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong was established by Governor of Hong Kong, Governor MacLehose of Beoch, Sir Murray MacLehose on 15 February 1974, when Hong Kong was under colonial Hong Kong, British rule. Its ma ...
References
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External links
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ICAC Investigators 2009
''ICAC Investigators 2009'' (Traditional Chinese: 廉政行動2009; literally "Upright Government Walk Movement 2009") () is the 2009 installment of the ICAC Investigator series, produced by Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (IC ...
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