Chapter 467: Chapter 330: Arrest!
At 8 o’clock in the morning, it was ti to start work.
The mont Director Zheng of the Gaozhou City Police Bureau office stepped into the lobby, Police Xiao Liu approached him to report, "Director, the Deputy Division Commander from Changhang Public Security Fire Brigade who visited us last ti has co again. He’s with the Deputy Chief of the Linghai City Police Bureau."
A retired Political Commissioner from Linghai Police had arrived the day before yesterday, and it wasn’t clear if he had left or not. Unexpectedly, now a Deputy Chief has arrived.
Is this never-ending? Don’t they need travel expenses for official trips?
Director Zheng muttered to himself and asked, "What are they here for?"
"They’re here to make arrests. They’ve brought all the necessary paperwork requesting our cooperation—letters of introduction, police badges, detention warrants all included."
"Arrest who?"
"Arrest Lin Hexiang, the Director of the Office of Academic Affairs at Huayuan Technical School, the accountant Jiang Yan, and Zhang Hongi, the wife of the principal, Lin Chunsheng."
It seed like that firefighter Han last ti ca to help several students who had dropped out demand their tuition fees back. Lin Chunsheng refused to refund, beca furious, and first roped in their city leaders. Seeing no satisfactory response from their city leaders, now they’ve co with formalities to make arrests.
Isn’t this just settling scores under the guise of public duty!
Director Zheng couldn’t believe that such a thing could happen, his eyebrows furrowed as he asked, "Where are they?"
"They’ve just arrived. I asked them to wait in the second-floor conference room."
"Is Chief Dai in his office?"
"Chief Dai hasn’t arrived yet."
"Let’s go; I’ll et them first."
Director Zheng put down his briefcase, opened a drawer to take out a notebook, and along with Xiao Liu, climbed up to the second floor and entered the small conference room.
Han Yu stood up to welco them and introduced Director Li.
Director Zheng quickly raised his hand to salute and after a few words of greeting, they sat down to get down to business.
"Director Zheng, there’s no dispute over whether Huayuan and its main people in charge are suspected of fraud. We wouldn’t have filed an investigation if there weren’t sufficient evidence. Our unannounced visit today follows the procedures for handling cases in different jurisdictions to request cooperation from your bureau."
Han Yu picked up his phone to check the ti on the LCD screen and added, "It’s now five past eight. In another five minutes, our officers will take coercive asures against the three individuals ntioned earlier and then, following procedure, bring them first to your bureau.
If you feel it’s inconvenient for them to be brought to the bureau, we can take them to the Southern City Police Station under your jurisdiction, or directly to a hotel. Later on, you can arrange for police to participate in the interrogation. In any case, we’ll follow all procedures strictly and won’t make such an arrest without notifying you and quietly take them away after arresting them."
Director Li nodded slightly, also looking at the ti on his phone.
Director Zheng was overwheld because according to the procedures of handling cases, the bureau must provide cooperation, after all, they had all paperwork in order.
"Director Li, Captain Han, you’re investigating a case in our jurisdiction, and indeed I should cooperate. But the case you’re handling is special. If you just arrest them, what about all those students?"
"Sorry, but that’s not sothing we should consider."
"But we have to consider social stability!"
Director Zheng closed his notebook and emphasized, "As far as I know, Lin Chunsheng’s wife is also a teacher at Huayuan. The three people you’re trying to arrest are the main persons in charge of Huayuan Technical School’s academics, finances, and logistics. If you just take them away like this, the school will definitely plunge into chaos. To put it bluntly, whether thousands of students can have a al becos a problem."
Having not slept well last night, Han Yu felt a bit sleepy, rubbed his eyes and said, "But they are suspected of fraud, and their criminal responsibility must be pursued. Otherwise, what would be the point of having laws?"
"But..."
"Director Zheng, I believe there aren’t so many ’buts.’ We can’t avoid arresting them just because the school has students; otherwise, they will always be brazen, believing that as long as the school does not close, they will be able to act with impunity forever!"
"I’m sorry, this is a big decision that I cannot make on my own. I need to report to the bureau leadership."
"Okay, we can wait."
"Can the arrest be delayed?"
"No, the only thing I can guarantee is that we won’t take anyone away without your permission."
"Without our consent, you can’t just arrest people!"
"Director Zheng, you might want to consult your Legal Affairs Departnt to see if we have the authority to arrest."
The case is theirs, and so is the arrest.
They ca here only to request out-of-jurisdiction cooperation according to regulations, and you must provide cooperation.
If there’s any dispute over the case itself or jurisdiction, you can report to superiors. If the superiors can’t resolve it through communication and coordination, then just keep reporting up, and in the end, the common superior of both sides will decide.
In short, stopping them from making arrests is impossible.
Director Zheng realized that the situation was serious and stood up, saying, "Captain Han, Lin Hexiang, and the other two are just school staff, not the legal representatives of the school. Even if Huayuan is suspected of fraud, you should be arresting the principal and vice-principals."
As Han Yu continued sorting through the arrest paperwork, he casually said, "Yesterday morning, Lin Chunsheng and the other main suspects were apprehended in Shenzhen."
"You arrested Lin Chunsheng!"
"He’s suspected of fraud; of course, we arrested him. Besides, he’s not a National People’s Congress delegate; there’s no need to inform Gaozhou City People’s Congress before we arrest him."
"Alright, please wait a mont."
...
Lin Chunsheng’s arrest from Huayuan was no small matter.
Not daring to delay for a mont, Director Zheng stepped out of the small conference room and made an urgent call to report to the bureau chief.
After Chief Dai figured out what had happened, his brow furrowed, and he asked, "Fraud?"
"In their words, the facts are clear, evidence is conclusive, and there is no dispute over jurisdiction."
"How can there be no dispute when Huayuan is in our jurisdiction?"
"Lin Chunsheng sent people to recruit in their area, and according to them, the victims number up to two hundred and twenty-seven, their area is also a site of the cri."
Director Zheng thought for a mont and said with a worried face, "Huang Wenhua is aware of the situation. That man surnad Han had sought him out the first ti he ca, and Huang was the representative of our bureau at yesterday’s eting."
It wouldn’t be much if Lin Chunsheng was arrested for sothing else, but the key is that he was arrested on suspicion of fraud.
Now, the possibility of getting Lin Chunsheng back is slim, and if Linghai Police and Changhang Public Security arrest a few more responsible persons from Huayuan, it would be tantamount to confirming Huayuan’s suspicion of fraud.
In doing so, it would an that the other twenty or so vocational training institutions are all fraud schools!
Let alone whether the city’s vocational education industry can continue, once this precedent is set, Gaozhou is likely to beco an ATM for public security agencies from other provinces and cities.
Those schools recruit everywhere, and the police need only collect so evidence to initiate a case investigation, then one by one, co with procedures to make arrests.
At that ti, will you collaborate, or will you not?
Chief Dai realized the seriousness of the issue and hurriedly said, "Notify Huang Wenhua imdiately to go to the bureau. I will report to the city leaders and see what they have to say."
"Yes."
"First, try to stabilize that deputy director from Linghai Police Bureau and the one from Changhang navigation police."
"But they are about to make arrests!"
After weighing the options, Chief Dai gritted his teeth and said, "They have full docuntation, we can only assist. How about this, let Huang Wenhua assist them to bring the people to Southern City Police Station, but only to Southern City Police Station."
The implication of the bureau leaders’ words was clear, without permission, they should not let Linghai Police take the people away.
Director Zheng hurriedly said, "Yes!"
...
At 8:10 AM, move as planned.
Old Zhang, Wu Zhengyu, and Zhang Lan, who had just arrived at Huayuan’s "headquarters
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