Hong Kong police 'pushed to the limit'

"Oh no we're at capacity, need to get mainland police to come over."

Does no one see the obvious ploy here? This is a setup - ready arguments to call over mainland forces.

So did I understand this right? The Hongkong police themself opposes investigation into their alleged collusion with organized crime? That that not sound good.

I'm not sure what kind of person would want to sign up to be a LEO in a system where you're clearly only there to protect the elite party members or the elite corporate executives.

Or even worse, you may get subverted into some statistical bureaucratic machine that demands harmful action every day.