Corruption Doesn't Pay

The ICAC investigates a case relating to a policy underwriter who has been suspected to trick thB company with some outsiders. In the case, HA, who is owns a travel agent, bribes KI WAN. HA arranges KI WAN to draw policies for four Filipinos. However the four men died several years ago. ~he beneficiaries are four companies. However all these companies close once they have received the money. ,HA and her boyfriend's joint account has over 1.2 million u. S. dollars. The ICAC suspect them as their income cannot explain the money. Through TSD, the ICAC records the conversation between HA and KT WAN. They get the warrant to search KI WAN's house. They find a large amount of money. KI WAN wants to stay away from the troubled water. He promises to assist the ICAC to gather evidence to prove HA guilty.

HA is a cunning 'woman and she is aware of plan of the ICAC. Therefore she manages to stay away from the trap. TOM is arrested in the Philippines and he is willing to act as the witness. Therefore the ICAC members apply for guns so arrest HA. After a life-risking chase and gun fight, YAN catches HA and saves the hostage LI. The ICAC transfers the information to the police in the Philippines. They continue to find HA's boyfriend B. B's gamble stalls and brothels are closed. He has no way to escape. He returns to Hong Kong. He threatens YAN with gas bombs and lurks her. The police arranges YAN to be protected in LI's house. From his informant, BILL finds B's place. There he finds LI's address.

B ties up the policemen who have been instructed to protect LI.YAN fights B and in chaos, CHEUNG (LI's step-father) is shot. Luckily the police force and ICAC arrive. B grasps the time to escape. . LI and YAN take refuge in a deserted house in a remote village. The police force send more people to protect them. B sends ON to see HA in the detention centre. Members of the ICAC and police force follow ON and at last, they arrest B in 'the bowling stadium.

YAN and LI go home. The case is reported by the television station. The public question whether the duty of the ICAC is dangerous or not. YAN's grandmother is angry when she knows that job nature of YAN. YAN tricked her that she is clerk but now she has to admit the truth. Her grandmother forces YAN to quit but at last she is convinced by YAN. However it is not the end. YAN's boyfriend is discontented. They break up after a severe quarrel. LI applies to work as a member of the ICAC. She is accepted and has to join a l0-week training course. BILL and YAN are tutors. In a practical session, LI is so careless that she nearly set a restaurant on fire.

After the training, LI is assigned to be supervised by YAN in Team B. The Immigration Department has recently arrested some illegal immigrants with fake documents. The ICAC investigate the case and they suspect that some senior officers have been bribed and the only clue is the informant called PING. With careful examination, the TSD finds that the chop on the fake documents carries the number 8533. However it is no longer valid. Now there are only five senior officers who can handle the chop. PING is being followed but he manages to escape for LI's carelessness. LIN comes across a poor couple. The husband is paralyzed and the wife has recently come from Mainland China to look after the husband. She is bearing a baby. LIN tries to help them by applying social security for them. She is shocked to see that the chop number is 8533 in the travel document.

LIN reports HUNG's case to the police. HUNG realizes that she has committed something illegal. She regrets but it is too late. She has to return to Mainland China. In order to stay with her husband so as to look after her husband, HUNG agrees to co-operate with the ICAC. She tells them that PING is the agent and she agrees to buy another travel document from PING so as to prove him guilty. The ICAC overhears PING's conversation with KI who works in the Immigration Department. However as the place is so noisy, they cannot record the conversation clearly. As it is an important chance, they arrest PING and arrange HUNG to contact KI. At last they manage to collect sufficient information and arrest KI.

PING and KI are found guilty in the court. They are imprisoned for three and four years respectively. HUNG gives birth to a boy but she still has to leave Hong Kong. Later the ICAC is appointed to investigate another difficult case. The department head of the credit card section of a bank reports that there are many bad debts which involve some clients who have never applied the credit cards of the bank. It is obvious that there are leaking holes in the bank operation and someone has used the information of the victims. Thus the ICAC starts investigating those shops and hotels which are related to the case.

After investigation, the ICAC discovers that the recent case is not done by those existing gangs. Later LAY finds a man who delivers leaflets. She suspects that the man has stolen the others' statements to apply credit cards. LAY informs her supervisor. The ICAC sends members to keep an eye on the man. it is found that the man is called STEPHEN. It is certain that STEPHEN works with a postman and there are some other people in his group. They lurk there to get the bill which has been thrown away by STEPHEN.

LAY and YAN's efforts are not in vain. At last they get the bills that they want. The ICAC wait for another chance to arrest the postman and STEPHEN. However STEPHEN is a cunning man and he manages to stay away from the troubled water. They can only question the postman' and accuse him being bribed. BILL learns from a loan shark than the postman had been in serious financial difficult but he paid all his debt suddenly. The postman knows that he cannot make any excuse and he promises to be a witness to accuse STEPHEN and his gang. The members of the ICAC use every means and ways to make STEPHEN admit what he has done.

The drugs section requests the ICAC to give a helping hand. The officers suspect that BOB the smuggler has bribed some officers and employed some air hostesses to carry drugs to Hong Kong. LIN and LAY pass the examination and they are instructed to work as spies. They are called JEN and ANGlE and move into Whampoa Sun Chuen. There they receive training and become air hostesses. They serve the route between Hong Kong and Vietnam. They become friends of MON and CHI. In a disco, they find that MON knows BOB. They tells MON that they are in financial difficulties. However MON arranges them to be prostitutes.

With MON's assistance, NAY and YAN go to a discotheque to find a man named SAM. However they are surprised to find that SAM is CHI. CHEUNG learns from HIN about NAY's job and goes to find her. For her duty, NAY scolds CHEUNG. The others do not suspect her. HIN meets NAY and YAN in air hostess costume. He spoils their plan by disclosing that they are working as spies. He promises not to tell the others. Instead he goes to the discotheque to protect them. NAY is impressed. NAY and YAN win BOB and CHI's trust. BOB and CHI visit their home suddenly and MING is there. MING clams that he is YAN's boyfriend. They go to dine together. YAN eats BOB's soft drugs and this makes BOB trust her.

LIN is instructed to keep an eye on BOB. BOB discovers her. YAN is so clever that she claims LIN as her sister who is a gambler. LIN is following him instead of BOB. BOB suspects them and goes to play mahjong in LIN's house. the ICAC set up a house to convince BOB. BOB is taken in. At last BOB is hooked. He asks NAY and YAN to smuggle drugs for him and he promises to give each of them fifty thousand dollars. However the company transfers NAY to another route and LIN replaces her. They follow BOB's instruction. They wear the pins and go through the number 4 gate. MING is ready to arrest them. NAY learns that it is a trick. She rushes to stop MING. MING changes the plan and waits for another opportunity.

After the case, Inspector C. K. of the Immigration Department is suspected. the ICAC secretly carry out investigation but get no further information. YAN, NAY and LIN decide to find more information in BOB's house. However BOB lusts for NAY's beauty. He drives her to the peak. Luckily HIN saves her. NAY finds a portable computer under the seat of BOB's car. they realize that BOB communicates with C.K. through computers. At last she gets C/K/'s information from BOB's computer. From the information, they find BOB's records of drug smuggling. Moreover they find that BOB has a sushi bar which proves that he has unknown income sources. BOB arranges the three girls to smuggle drugs for him but their plan is spoiled by the police. LIN is shot and her shoulder gets hurt.