Former Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force Cai Zhanpeng appointed as the Director of National Security of the Hong Kong Police Force
On the 22nd, the headquarter reporter confirmed with the Hong Kong police that the post of Chief of the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police Force has been formally assumed by Cai Zhanpeng, the former Assistant Commissioner (in charge of the Security Department).
In the photo album of the Hong Kong police publication "The Voice of Police" on the 22nd, a group photo of the senior officers of the Hong Kong Police Force entitled "The Director and the New Management Team, Loyalty and Professionalism" was published. The picture is set in the Victoria Harbour. The Commissioner of Police, Deng Pingqiang, sits in the center of the front row. Three Deputy Commissioners including (Operations) Xiao Zeyi, (Management) Guo Yinshu, and (National Security) Liu Cihui are all in the front row. On the far right is Personnel and Li Jianhui, Director of Training Department. Among the five people standing in the back row, with the exception of Guo Yinyong, Director of Operations of the Police Department, the other three were newly appointed to the management, including the Director of the Supervision Department of the Police Lin Xiaotong, and the Criminal and Security Department of the Police Department. Chief Yuan Xujian, and Cai Zhanpeng, who was publicly confirmed for the first time as Director of the National Security Division of the Police Department. The other person is Tan Huiyi, Director of Finance, Government Affairs and Planning.
"The Voice of Police" added a text on its website and photos that the Hong Kong National Security Law has come into effect, and the National Security Service (National Security Service) of the Hong Kong Police Force was established on July 1 this year. Chief Executive Carrie Lam also appointed Liu Cihui as Deputy Commissioner of Police (National Security) on the 3rd, as the head of the National Security Department of the Police. With the establishment of the National Security Department, the number of directors and director-level senior officers increased to 10. The police force will continue to enforce law professionally, uphold law and order, maintain law and order, and ensure social stability.
Tsai Zhanpeng joined the police force as an inspector in 1995. He has served in the police force for nearly 24 years. He is mainly responsible for security intelligence and operations. He has also held various frontline operations command positions. He was promoted to Senior Superintendent in 2014 and served as a unit commander in the Ministry of Security, responsible for intelligence operations, investigations, analysis and liaison work related to security affairs; he was promoted to Chief Superintendent in June 2017 and served as deputy director of the Security Ministry; 2019 He was promoted to Assistant Director in January of 1999, in charge of the Security Department. (Headquarters reporter Jin Dong Zhou Weiqi)