Ghetto Justice is a TVB modern drama series about a former talented lawyer who fights injustice for the people of the Sham Shui Po district in Hong Kong. The series became a success and was followed by a sequel, Ghetto Justice II.
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Episode 1
A police officer wrongly accuses LAI MUK-GAN of letting his dog foul in public places. LAW LIK-AH, his neighbor who is a barrister, goes up to his help. But because of AH’s unkempt appearance, the police officer refuses to believe that he is a lawyer. AH leaves in no time while getting an emergency call from a social worker, TING KA-FU. A group of tenants is faced with a drastic rent increase. KA-FU reasons with their new landlord. The police officer requests AH to prove his identity as a barrister. GEORGE MIKE JR., who is also a working barrister, arrives in a limousine and explains to the police officer for AH. KA-FU takes the tenants to the Civil Legal Center. They appoint AH to negotiate with their new landlord. WONG SZ-FU appears in court with her assistant CHEUNG CHI-SUM. Renowned barrister TSEUNG PAK-KEI also has a case today. SZ-FU tries her best to let his case be heard first. It is SZ-FU’s wish to join KEI’s law firm……
Episode 2
SUM and SZ-FU chill out at a bar. SUM thinks AH is as outstanding as he was in his prime, yet SZ-FU does not think so. AH is chatting with his neighbors when a woman falls from a building. GAN claims he has killed the woman. HA and GEORGE accompany him to the police station. GAN says when he is giving a statement that he killed SHEUNG CHAU-PING as requested by MA CHEUK YEE-TAK, the wife of his boss. After visiting PING’s younger brother, CHUN-SANG, at his shop, AH and GEROGE conclude that the case is not as simple as it seems. TAK is surrounded by reporters. SZ-FU appears suddenly and reprimands the reporters. TAK is very grateful to her help and decides to hire SZ-FU as her representing lawyer. KAN is being kept in a detention center. AH and GEORGE visit him. AH is puzzled why GAN has to defend TAK. KING quarrels with her neighbors, who are of the view that SZ-FU should not help TAK.
Episode 3
GAN has failed to show up at court as a witness. SZ-FU teases at AH. SZ-FU learns from SANG’s testimony that PING shares a similar background to her. Judged by her facial expression, AH can see that SZ-FU sympathizes with PING. AH, GEORGE and KA-FU are adjusting the Civil Legal Center’s antenna on his roof. CHIK shows up and tells them AUNTIE GAN, GAN’s wife, is recuperating at a private hospital. AH and KA-FU intend to sneak AUNTIE GAN out. Although GEROGE strongly opposes to their idea, he does not tell CHIK their plan. AH manages to sneak AUNTIE GAN out. SZ-FU is not happy that TAK has been hiding AUNTIE GAN from her. On the other hand however, she takes AUNTIE GAN to a public hospital. AUNTIE GAN has woken up. She tells GAN to tell the truth when she visits him.
Episode 4
SZ-FU looks exhausted. SUM, who shares an apartment with her, can tell right away that she is worried about her case. AH pays a visit to PING’s grave with AUNTIE GAN. SANG is already there. AH glimpses MR. MA as he leaves. MR. MA reminds her wife not to reveal her “true self” when he calls on her at the detention center. According to SZ-FU’s private investigator, TAK’s helpers are all afraid of her. SZ-FU and TAK’s assistant, LEE PUI-KWAN, visit TAK together. SZ-FU unveils KWAN’s long kept secret before TAK. MR. MA appears suddenly as SZ-FU and SUM are having breakfast. He drops a hint about how to handle TAK’s case. SZ-FU and SUM have a long talk with KWAN, after which she agrees to testify in court.
Episode 5
SZ-FU’s counterparts are teasing at her as she enters the club. She walks straight to the VIP floor. A waiter wants to stop her, but he gives in as she produces her newly acquired VIP membership card. KEI would like to meet AH. SZ-FU runs errands for him. Their meeting turns out to be an unpleasant one. GEORGE and KA-FU hand out free lunch boxes to street sleepers and other people in need on behalf of Civil Legal Center. TAI NG-TING, who is unemployed, is one of the recipients. TING asks KING if she could give her a job. SZ-FU reminds her mother to be vigilant. GEORGE and SZ-FU see TING outside the court at the same time. She is accused of robbing her former employer. GEORGE volunteers to represent her. TING TOOK-YUEN, a wealthy business in town, goes to the Civil Legal Center to make a donation to KA-FU, who is his son. He files into a fury when he learns that KA-FU is assisting TING’s lawsuit against him.
Episode 6
Still mad at his father, KA-FU drives in top speed to vent his anger. CHIT tells AH and the others why the father and son are at odds with each other. GEORGE asks AH to appear in court for him. AH turns down his request. GEORGE makes many mistakes in court. TING has been on the phone the whole day, telling his husband to take care of their children and his mother when she is in jail. The hearing if heard today. AH calls KA-FU, his witness, to give evidence of how badly YUEN treat his employees. TING is found not guilty. YUEN hits KA-FU as he is leaving the court. His wife, WING-CHAU, has a sharp pain in the chest. With a view to patching up with his father, KA-FU makes him some red peach cakes. To his disappointment, his effort proves futile.
Episode 7
The Civil Legal Centre arranges free shower and haircut for street sleepers. KA-FU and his staff are taking care of the street sleepers when a dirty-looking female street sleeper shows up. KA-FU advises her to take a shower, too, but she turns around immediately. Suspecting that she has mental problem, KA-FU and his colleagues chase after her. TING manages to clam her down. Everybody praises her for her wit. GEORGE even decides to employ her. SZ-FU runs into her school friend HO LEI-CHING. CHING and other sex workers have been arrested. She calls SZ-FU to go to a police station. SZ-FU keeps a distance from CHING after learning that her old friend is a sex worker. CHING and her friend FUNG have a fight with their mainland counterparts on the street. Police Officer FAI searches her. CHING wants to fire a complaint about FAI, but SZ-FU refuses to act as her witness. AH appears.
Episode 8
In fact, CHING and AH know each other. She invites him to her place. He understands she is still fighting for her dream. CHIT and FAI find out about the truth at last as they are patrolling the streets. SZ-FU meets up with CHING. She knows for the first time about her miserable past. CHING goes to a park to try to make peace with other sex workers. It happens that FAI is running after a thief. CHING joins him in the chase. SZ-FU and CHING have a drink and a talk on the seafront. SZ-FU asks CHING about AH. According to CHING, once when AH was tipsy he told him he had killed someone. Car mechanic KO WING-LEUNG calls AH, telling him he is accused of killing his younger sister, YAM YUEN-YUEN. GEORGE is busy with other business, so AH invites TING to act as a law clerk. YAM HO-TIN, LEUNG’s stepfather, has employed SZ-FU to be LEUNG’s defending lawyer. AH and SZ-FU have a dispute over how to defend for LEUNG.
Episode 9
GEORGE and KA-FU do not know much about LEUNG’s family background. AH tells TING to give them a picture. LEUNG and his mother WONG MEI-FUN have lived in Shum Shui Po for many years. YUEN-YUEN was the daughter of TIM and his former wife. In other words, LEUNG and YUEN-YUEN have no blood relation. GEORGE gives TING a lift home. He explains to her in the car the legal jargons she has come across. The prosecuting lawyer makes an application to produce fresh evidence. In his words, LEUNG had a crush on YUEN-YUEN. Love turned into hatred when he was turned down, and he killed her. SZ-FU wants to bet with AH again. He agrees unwittingly. KA-FU is enjoying his meal all by his lonesome when CHING appears. She encourages him to reconcile with his father. Some one pours chili oil on CHING when she is going home.
Episode 10
TING meets up with YUEN-YUEN’s boyfriend CHOW KA-HO in order to find out about the truth of her death. AH and SZ-FU tell FUN what they have found. Leaving with no choice, FUN tells them what happened in the evening when YUEN-YUEN died. KA-FU asks CHIT to protect CHING. His girlfriend, SUSAN, is jealous to see them together. CHIT therefore tells CHING to go home on her own. Someone waits for her to come home and tosses acid on her. KA-FU dashes out to save her just in time, but his back is attacked. CHAU and YUEN are calling on KA-FU. As soon as he sees CHING, however, he passes her a packet of burn ointment then leaves. AH is unable to prove YUEN-YUEN’s death is an accident. SZ-FU has managed to persuade HO into acting as a witness. AH does not agree with how she plans to help LEUNG get away. In order to talk her into giving up her plan, he tells her how he was forced to leave the profession seven years ago.
Episode 11
SZ-FU discusses her case with her family members. Her mother’s words enlighten her. AH, SZ-FU and TING look for evidence at TIN’s house again. TING discovers some broken pieces of glass on an oil painting. SZ-FU tells TIN they have only a slim chance of winning. He finally agrees to testify for his stepson. TING and others throw a celebration party at the center for AH and SZ-FU. Excited, AH spreads cream on SZ-FU’s face. GEORGE is surprised to see AH ironing a shirt. It turns out he is having dinner with SZ-FU. GEORGE goes to TING’s place for dinner, telling her AH and SZ-FU are engaged in another appointment. SZ-FU shows up in casual clothes, not expecting that AH will take her to an expensive restaurant. KA-FU gives CHING a lift home after movies, totally unaware that they will get involved in a gangster fight.
Episode 12
CHING has fallen in love with KA-FU but she does not want to go any further with him. SZ-FU would like to help her, but then there is nothing she can do. KA-FU and TING visit an old lady called AUNTIE YIM. The police call and say that her granddaughter, MIU YEUK-LAI, has committed suicide. AUNTIE YIM refuses to believe it, claiming LAI would never kill herself. KA-FU discusses LAI’s case with AH in the evening. AUNTIE YIM calls and tells him LAI had once mentioned that her landlord was a retired high-ranking official. GEORGE is astonished to discover that LAI’s landlord is retired high court judge GEORGE MIKE, i.e. his father. Dressed in mourning for LAI, KA-FU protests at GEORGE MIKE’s door. Retired solicitor DELAN MA and SZ-FU, who is his pupil, call on GEORGE MIKE. With the assistance of SZ-FU, GEORGE MIKE manages to leave his house. YUEN is celebrating his 60th birthday……
Episode 13
YUEN slaps YUEN on the face in anger. As if this is not enough, GEORGE gives him a severe beating when he is home. SZ-FU suspects GEORGE MIKE is hiding something about LAI’s death. She tells AH what she thinks. AH wants to gather more evidence at GEORGE MIKE’s house. He hopes GEORGE would do him a favor. On the other hand, SZ-FU goes to GEORGE MIKE’s house with the excuse to get him some clean clothes. AH shows GEORGE some fresh evidence, adding that GEORGE MIKE and LAI may have been lovers. GEORGE tells his father he has written to the Department of Justice to call for a hearing on LAI’s death. After testifying in court, GEORGE MIKE apologizes to AUNTIE YIM. AH points out in his turn that it is very likely that LAI was murdered.
Episode 14
AH adds that LAI’s death is full of suspicious points. YEUNG KWOK-KUI, LAI’s husband, is leaving the court when police officers from Serious Crime Unit show up and invite him to the police station. KEI is KUI’s representing lawyer. With the help of KUI’s maid, CHIT and his team find a piece of important evidence at his place. The Department of Justice invites SZ-FU to be the prosecuting lawyer of LAI’s case. KUI is brought to court. KEI makes it hard for SZ-FU. In order to seek AH’s help, SZ-FU tries her best to please him. CHING slips in the rain as she is trying to keep a distance from KA-FU. KA-FU carries her home on his back. She tells him how she was hurt in her previous relationship. AH and SZ-FU visit AUNTIE YIM. LAI’s son tells them how his father had beaten his mother. Meanwhile, KEI shows up out of the blue, claiming LAI’s son will act as a prosecuting witness.
Episode 15
GEORGE is working overtime. TING offers to cook him something before she goes home. GEORGE mistakenly believes she has a crush on him. SZ-FU and AH have invited KUI’s neighbor, PO, to serve as a witness in court. KEI concludes that PO’s testimony is unreliable. KUI confesses having sneaked into LAI’s home on the day before she died, rather than on the day the tragedy happened. SZ-FU and AH go to LAI’s place to gather information. They notice some paints on the roof. With a view to proving KUI’s words, they decide to find out who spilled the paint. KEI invites MR. YIP, who is an unlicensed doctor, to testify for KUI. KEI’s concluding statement is nearly perfect. Not unexpectedly, the jury returns a verdict of manslaughter.
Episode 16
KUI has been found guilty of manslaughter but not murder. AH cheers SZ-FU up, taking their relationship a big step further. A sex worker working at the same building as CHING has been robbed by a customer. KA-FU hopes that she would quit but she will not listen. Someone invites AH to join his law firm in Central, the central business district of Hong Kong as well as where he used to work. SZ-FU and other friends encourage him to take the offer. HA gives it some thoughts, and makes up his mind to accept the invitation. CHING is meeting up with KA-FU. When she is about to leave her flat, she notices something wrong with FUNG’s room. It turns out FUNG has been robbed and hit to a faint by her customer. The man orders CHING to take off her clothes. Covering her body in a towel, CHING runs after him. YUEN and CHAU are shocked to see CHING, who is half naked. Later, handing her a check, the couples requests CHING to leave KA-FU……
Episode 17
TING and GEORGE save MRS. CHEUNG and take her to the Civic Legal Center. TING tells MRS. CHEUNG her past so as to cheer her up. GEORGE gives TING a ride home. Her husband, LEUNG FUNG, calls. She then tells GEORGE in tears what has happened. TING has fallen asleep when they get to where she lives. He kisses her. FUNG happens to be around. He takes a photo of scene on the sly. TING has a fierce argument with FUNG when she is home. She is later accused of injuring FUNG with a kitchen knife. FUNG blackmails GEORGE with the photo and then gives beats him up. The prosecutor presents the photo of GEORGE kissing TING in court. TING is taken aback. Everybody is surprised by GEORGE’s eloquent delivery as he confesses his secret admiration for TING. On the other hand, AH visits TSUI KIU.
Episode 18
TING has been found not guilty. She thanks GEORGE for his help. AH takes KIU and TING’s children to see her. CHIT has been recently dumped by SUSAN. CHING goes to dim sum with him. WONG CHI-KIN and his friends demand that HO TAI-KEUNG and his friends, who came earlier, to give up their seats. The two parties are soon ready to fight. CHIT stops them. KEUNG is waiting for his friends in a car park when he sees KIN on his own. They have a fight. KIN is found breathless when the security guard and the police arrive. LAW PING-HEI has hired AH and SZ-FU as his representing lawyers. Like HEI, the other three customers also come from wealthy families, and they have hired KEI and his pupils to represent them. KEI would like to work with SZ-FU, proposing to shift all the blame on to KEUNG.
Episode 19
Coincidentally, AH, GEORGE, KA-FU and CHIT have all recently broken up with their girlfriends. They chill out at AH’s place. SZ-FU cannot be more astonished the next day when HEI’s parents tell them they do not need her anymore. CHING is opening up a French restaurant. A wine cellar agrees to let part of his shop area to her. CHING discusses the contract details with the wine cellar owner. CHING has worked out how to design her restaurant. CHIT takes photographs of her design plan so that he can show KA-FU. Encouraged by TING, KA-FU asks for the permission of his parents for going out with CHING again. CHING is measuring her restaurant. She sees KEI talking to a man, acting rather stealthily. She takes a photograph of them then leaves. She calls KA-FU as soon as she returns to the street. KA-FU finds it odd that their conversation breaks down suddenly……
Episode 20
CHING’s case is heard today. AH tries his best to prove that KEI is responsible for CHING’s death but KEI makes things very difficult for him. AH takes out a photograph of HO YAU-FOOK, father of KEUNG. Back to the detention center, KEI gives HIM and SZ-FU a good telling-off. HIM tells SZ-FU why KEI cares so much about his stick as they leave. SZ-FU goes to KEI’s place to take some clothes for him. She grasps the opportunity to find out more about the case. After overhearing SZ-FU’s phone conversation with HIM, AH goes to where CHING was found seriously injured to look for clues. The trial continues. The judge calls for a recess, as AH has presented some fresh evidence. SZ-FU believes AH is using the fresh evidence to frame up KEI, resulting in the judge’s decision to depose AH as prosecuting lawyer. KEI is very satisfied with SZ-FU’s performance. He gives her a hint about the hiding place of the real evidence……
Kevin Cheng Ka-Wing
Law Lik-ah / LA
Myolie Wu Hang-Yee
Wong Si-fu / Kris
Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin
George Mike Jr. / MJ
Sam Lee
Ting Ka-fu
Raymond Cho Wing-Lim
Leung Pau Shing
JJ Jia
Chin Sum Sum
Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 970 x 90
1977 · ★ 6.2
2003 · ★ 7.4
2022 · ★ 7.1
2024 · ★ 6.7
2016 · ★ 7.6
2018 · ★ 7.4
2021 · ★ 5.9
2021 · ★ 6.4
2012 · ★ 6.6
2024 · ★ 6.8
1979 · ★ 7.1
2011 · ★ 7.5
2016 · ★ 5.9
2011 · ★ 7.3
2025 · ★ 6.6
1978 · ★ 7.3
2017 · ★ 6.8
2015 · ★ 8.3
2019 · ★ 6.9
2016 · ★ 6.9
