It was past 10 a.m., and the sun was shining in Johannesburg with clear skies. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

An Asian man in his early forties, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, looked very lean, took back his documents from the customs officer, thanked him again in fluent English, put three large suitcases on the trolley, looked up at the sign, and walked briskly to the exit with another Asian man who had been waiting for a long time.

"Bend, this way!"

The sign at the exit greeted Han Bo, although he had never seen a real person before, but after seeing the photos by email, Han Bo recognized his future "partner" at a glance, and his face was irrepressibly excited and happy.

Qu Sheng was also happy, and said with a smile while raising his hand: "Han Bureau, I'm sorry, the plane was delayed for several hours in Hong Kong, which made you wait for a long time." ”

"The public security in the world is a family, not to mention that we are partners, don't be so polite. Han Bo shook his hand tightly, lifted the two suitcases, and found that they were quite heavy, and couldn't help but smile and ask, "Everything is inside?"

"These two boxes are full, and the leaders of the International Cooperation Bureau said that there is a need at the front, and the logistics support work in the rear must keep up. The leader personally assigned, every day to call the manufacturer to urge the goods. ”

Foreign exchanges are not empty words, and visits should not be empty-handed.

In the past half month, Han Bo has given away some police gifts such as police watches, tie clips with public security badges, police models with public security logos, and public security cartoon souvenirs.

Only then did I go to a few places, and then I visited a few South African police officials, and the work had just begun, and the logistics had to keep up, so I immediately asked for help from the National Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and entrusted my partner, who also served as a police liaison officer, to bring it over.

The young man who got off the plane with Qu Sheng raised his hand to greet the staff of the Consulate General in Johannesburg behind Han Bo, and suggested: "Counselor Han, Director Qu, get in the car first, this is not the place to talk." ”

"Okay, get in the car first!" In the future, it was no longer a lonely battle, Han Bo was so happy that he forgot to greet his comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and hurriedly smiled apologetically.

This is indeed not the place to talk, the young man who came with his partner is a diplomatic courier, and his suitcase and trolley suitcase are likely to contain classified documents, of course, they must be sent to the embassy or consulate as soon as possible, Han Bo is as good as a stream, dragging his suitcase and walking to the parking lot with everyone.

Qu Sheng's arrival in South Africa has a lot to do with a report by Han Bo a week ago.

Before the Ministry of Public Security dispatched police liaison officers to South Africa, the embassy and consulates in South Africa had done a lot of work in protecting the safety of Chinese lives and property, and the embassy and several consulates general often dealt with the South African police.

The reason why I asked the ministry for help was that the criminals committed crimes against the Chinese more seriously than expected, and several suspects who escaped in the bloody case in Cape Town have not yet been apprehended, and they have encountered another homicide case!

A father and son from Western Quang Province were driving back to their electrode factory in Johannesburg when they were robbed by armed gunmen at the gate, the father was shot dead on the spot, and the son was shot in the left shoulder. In a short period of half a month, five Chinese were cut down, shot and seriously injured, and a compatriot shed blood in South Africa, causing a huge shock in the Chinese society, and the lack of safety and security for life and property almost put all Chinese in South Africa in danger.

As a police liaison officer, he should rush to the scene as soon as possible, assist the South African police in investigating and solving the case, urgently activate the emergency liaison mechanism, and make an appointment with the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation and the person in charge of the criminal investigation department of the relevant provincial police department to negotiate with him on the vicious cases that occurred against the Chinese.

Case after case, one person simply can't keep busy.

In addition, there are the largest number of Chinese in South Africa, including those who have been smuggled over, those who have stayed illegally, and even those who have committed crimes in China. Judging from the several reports received by the police liaison team after the telephone number was announced, it is very likely that some so-called "migration agents" are criminal gangs that organize smuggling, or at least have collusion with "smugglers".

I have never worked in Fujian Province, I can't even understand the Fujian Provincial dialect, and I want to crack down on the black sheep among the Chinese and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese, so I urgently need a comrade who has worked in the public security system of Fujian Province.

Qu Sheng was sent in this way, before coming here, he served as the deputy director of the Exit and Entry Administration Department of the Fujian Provincial Public Security Department, and studied at Hopkins University in the United States.

Two cars came today, one from the Consulate General in Johannesburg and one from the Embassy in South Africa.

Despite the presence of police and security guards in the parking lot, Liu Xincun stayed in the car, and after greeting his new second boss, he lit the engine and followed the Consulate General's car to the city of Joburg.

The three people in the car were all from the Police Liaison Group.

Qu Sheng was not embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Han Bureau, coming to South Africa to work is really sudden for me, I have never been here before, and I don't know anything about South Africa......"

"I'll be here no more than a few days before you. ”

If I don't go back to the embassy today, I will go to Joburg Chinatown to participate in the reception banquet of several major overseas Chinese associations later, Han Bo feels that it is necessary to give his partner a brief introduction to the situation, "Lao Qu, you should have heard of the security situation here, most of the overseas Chinese here are your fellow countrymen, and the work is carried out more than me. ”

"yes, I don't know anything about them. ”

"Their organizational structure is not complicated, the Ministry of Police, also known as the General Directorate of the National Police, is subordinate to the 'Ministry of Security and Security', or SAPS, and the highest head is the Inspector General of the National Police, who is appointed by the President for a five-year term. The outgoing Inspector General of Police is internationally renowned, having just been elected as the first black president of Interpol, known as the 'Great Selebi' and the 'Pride of South Africa'. ”

Han Bo took out a copy of the materials he had compiled from his official bag, and said: "Each province has a provincial police chief, who is appointed by the national police chief, who is responsible for police activities in the area under its jurisdiction, and is under the dual leadership of the local government and the national police headquarters. The headquarters office is located in the administrative capital and directs crime prevention and investigation efforts throughout South Africa. Under the General Administration, there are 11 branches, including the Statistical Analysis Bureau, the Crime Prevention Bureau, the Operations Bureau, the Criminal Intelligence Bureau, the Criminal Investigation Bureau, the Logistics Bureau, and the Training Bureau, among which criminal investigation is a very important branch. ”

"It's similar to our police. ”

"There is also a difference. ”

Han Bo smiled, and continued: "There are about 20,000 criminal policemen, less than 20% of the total police force, and the threshold for appointment is still quite high, and you must have 5 years of experience as a 'dressed' policeman, which is a bit similar to Europe and the United States, but there are some problems in promotion."

For high-performance police officers to be promoted to police ranks and management positions, but competent criminal police officers are not necessarily excellent managers, and the promotion of criminal police officers to other departments would undermine the established network of special intelligence and intelligence relations, and it seems that there is now an attempt to reward them by offering salaries. ”

"Sounds formal. Qu Sheng muttered.

"It's quite formal, and it has everything, such as on-the-job training, a criminal detective academy has been built, and the FBI in the United States, Scotland Yard in the United Kingdom, and the police departments in Germany and the Netherlands have provided a lot of help. ”

It is no wonder that everyone says that the South African police are corrupt and do not even pay attention to training, which shows how big a problem there is in the regularization of the team.

Qu Sheng subconsciously glanced out the window, as if he wanted to see if there were any peers around.

"I can't say how tight the police force is, but there are problems with the configuration and the distribution is seriously uneven. There are more headquarters and few grassroots units, with a total of more than 100,000 police officers, and more than 20,000 headquarters. I told you on the phone about the Cape Town case, the criminal police in charge of the investigation has to handle more than 40 cases alone, how can the detection rate be up?"

"It's also uneven from region to region, for example, more in the Eastern Cape and less in the Northern Cape. Liu Xincun couldn't help but add.

Han Bo nodded and continued: "And there is a problem with the internal cooperation mechanism, the criminal investigation team and the police station are relatively independent, and they do not even work together, the farthest distance is more than ten or even dozens of kilometers, and there is little contact with the public in the place where the crime occurred, and the local police station needs to provide clues and information to solve the case, but most of the police stations are often reluctant to cooperate."

Internal communication is seriously not smooth, and there is almost no exchange of information between criminal investigation departments, individual criminal police, and between criminal investigation and police stations, and they all regard intelligence information as 'exclusive assets', and they are afraid that others will rob them of credit, and they are unwilling to communicate and share, which directly leads to more duplication of work and low efficiency in solving cases. ”

Qu Sheng asked very directly, "What should I do if I encounter a case involving our Chinese citizens?"

"Find the biggest one first, and then find the person in charge of the relevant department, dredge up and down the relationship between all aspects, up and down, and urge and assist them to solve the case. When necessary, they can make solemn representations and strongly demand that they organize forces, intensify investigation and crack cases, and bring criminals to justice. ”

There is no law enforcement power, and the mission of this trip is embodied in the word "liaison", contacting and assisting the South African police to solve the case.

And the majority of overseas Chinese living in South Africa have such high expectations for the "Overseas 110", and the superiors also have high hopes for the person around them and themselves, hoping that the two liaison officers who do not even have law enforcement powers can improve the law and order situation of the Chinese in South Africa.

"Eat one bite at a time, and do everything one by one. ”

Han Bo looked back at his partner and said: "In addition to staring at the South African police to solve those murders as soon as possible, we now have two urgent tasks, one is that the Xishan Provincial Department asked us for assistance, and they received news that an economic criminal suspected of illegally stealing savings may have fled to South Africa, please pay attention to it on our behalf, and if it is indeed there, find a way to help them arrest people back." ”

"How much money is involved?"

"More than 300 million, the amount involved is huge, it is a female suspect, who worked in a branch office of a credit union before fleeing, and has been on the red notice of Interpol. ”

There are 300,000 Chinese in South Africa, and it is not so easy to find someone.

The partner is from Fujian Province, and he is about to participate in the reception banquet held by his hometown, so he can give full play to his own advantages and mobilize his parents and fellow villagers in South Africa to help pay attention.

Han Bo paused, and took out another stack of materials: "During this time, the Consulate General of Joburg and the General Consulate of Cape Town have successively handled consular protection cases, and most of the parties are young men and women who are not deeply involved in the world, and they have no legal status in South Africa.

They said so, claiming to be victims of illegal intermediaries, but could not prove that the forged visas they held were purchased from intermediaries, nor were they invoiced by intermediaries. I went to the Lindra Repatriation Centre yesterday and talked to them with the permission of the immigration department, only to find that they were so distracted that they did not dare to look at me and did not want to talk to me. ”

"What is the South African Immigration Service going to do?"

"These people were found to be holding forged visas, and the immigration department wanted to return them to China. They didn't want to go back, thought of the consulate. ”

Consular protection does not include helping them apply for visas, let alone applying for residency.

Qu Sheng didn't think it would be so simple, and asked: "I don't have legal status in South Africa, but what about in China?"

"The passport is not fake, it has been tampered with, and the accent is obviously from Fujian Province, but he says that he is from the northwest. I contacted the public security bureau where the household registration was located on my passport, and my domestic colleagues said that there was no such person in the household registration information. ”

"Not a fugitive either?"

"I sent the photo back, and I didn't match it for the time being. ”

This is strange for someone who works in the internal provincial public security system.

Qu Sheng had seen a lot, how could he not hear the meaning of Han Bo's words, and sighed lightly: "If you guess correctly, there should be a smuggling gang behind them." ”

"That's how I analyzed it. ”

Han Bo nodded and said solemnly: "Smuggling is definitely not right, but after all, they want to change the status quo and come out to make more money. The key is to collect their money, and the smugglers who organized them are too irresponsible.

Helping them tamper with other people's passports and make fake South African signatures, and these people in immigration prisons are likely to owe a lot of debts in the country to pay for smuggling, and they will be repatriated without making any money, isn't it forcing them to die?"

The head of the snake is so hateful!

Qu Sheng touched his chin, frowned and asked, "Han Bureau, can you go to the immigration bureau prison to talk to them again and see if they can provide some clues." ”

"Tomorrow we will be repatriated, and tomorrow we will go to the airport and talk to them. ”

This kind of thing happened twice in three days in China, and it was like this again in South Africa.

The domestic economy is getting better and better, there are so many opportunities, and it is not an era when there is not enough food and clothing, why do the villagers always want to run out. As a native of Fujian Province, Qusheng has mixed tastes.

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PS: I stayed up too late last night, and I was dizzy today, and there is only one chapter, please forgive me