UK miners' strike (1984–85) the NUM's assets, it began to look abroad for money, and found supplies in the Soviet bloc and, it was mistakenly thought, also from Libya. These countries were highly unpopular with the British public. The Soviet Union's official trade union federation donated £1.5 million to the NUM. Media reports alleged that senior NUM officials were personally keeping some of the funds. In November 1984, it was alleged that senior NUM officials had travelled to Libya for money. Cash from the Libyan government was particularly damaging coming seven months after the murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in
Perish In the Name of Love to see what happened. Chiu Yan (Sonja Kwok) pretended she was half-dead and then surprisingly shot her mother with a pistol. Then she pretended she was still knocked-out so the Empress's bodyguard, who was waiting outside, wouldn't suspect she killed the Yuk Fung. After that, the Empress died in bed, making sure that the people of her country would be safe in Cheung Ping (Charmaine Sheh) and Chow Sai Hin's (Steven Ma) hands. The opposing lords, Tong Bo Lun and Prince of Fu, tried to de-throne the young Emperor. Cheung Ping (Charmaine Sheh) was forced out of the kingdom in