Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Counselor, It's Chinatown (2019)

Michael Tow: Counselor Josh Wang

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : Let me ask you a question, Mrs. Chang. Did the mothers know what you forced the girls to do to pay off the debt?

  Counselor Josh Wang : These criminals...

  Christine Chang : Enough! When I was growing up, the Cultural Revolution was ruining China. My parents were doctors. They were arrested for practicing Western bourgeois medicine. Sent to the countryside...

  [speaking Chinese] 

  Christine Chang : ... for "re-education." My sister and I... no one would talk to us because our parents were criminals. And no food to eat... no place to sleep.

  Olivia Benson : That doesn't justify what you did...

  Christine Chang : Please, please!

  Olivia Benson : ...to those girls.

  Christine Chang : And then a man helped me to come over. He helped me to get over here. I came with nothing. A-And what can a girl do, huh? With no education, no resources. You can guess. I promised myself if I could, I would help other girls escape, and I would. I have helped hundreds, thousands of girls make their way here. But... in... my zeal to help others down the golden path... my path has deviated. And for this... I must atone.

• Judge Gloria Pepitone : Christine Chang, how do you plead?

  Counselor Josh Wang : At this time, Your Honor...

  AUSA Mark Sullivan : [entering]  Excuse me, Your Honor. Mark Sullivan, Southern District of New York. I have an arrest warrant for Christine Chang on federal charges.

  Judge Gloria Pepitone : Approach.

  Vanessa Hadid : Objection, Your Honor. We had no knowledge of this

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We have a plea deal in place.

  AUSA Mark Sullivan : Not anymore. This case has international implications. We've requested the suspension of the State's case to investigate and prosecute with global disposition. The D.A. has agreed to allow us to take the lead on this.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Your Honor, this is...

  Judge Gloria Pepitone : It's out of my hands, Mr. Carisi. The State's case is hereby suspended. I am releasing Christine Chang to federal custody. Bailiff?

  Counselor Josh Wang : [leaving with Christine]  Better luck next time, counselor.

• Counselor Josh Wang : The Changs among the most well-respected business leaders in New York.

  Olivia Benson : Okay.

  Counselor Josh Wang : These are wild, baseless and, frankly, offensive accusations.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Offensive? Yeah. Baseless? No. In addition to trafficked sex workers, a mamasan, and a bag man, your lead CPA, Lester Ping, has agreed to cooperate.

  Christine Chang : Lester, he's only our travel agent.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, you should have paid him more. He's still walking our forensic accountants through your maze of money laundering. Smuggler pay-offs, bribery, fraud, embezzlement. From here to Guangdong.

  Counselor Josh Wang : The Changs know nothing of any of this.

  Olivia Benson : Really?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Is that true, Mrs. Chang? Because in your home village, Dalang, six girls were smuggled out last year.