In the course of Liang Tanghua's conversation, Chen Guitian learned that the anti-gang and anti-evil operation they carried out in Xinleng County this time did not have any sudden cases as an introduction, nor did the masses report it, but it was purely a surprise attack arranged by the municipal party committee and government. [Full text reading]

Moreover, judging from the interrogation of Gong Zhichao's subordinates who were arrested, in recent years, they have not had any particularly bad or obvious illegal and criminal acts, and some of the illegal and criminal evidence involved is usury, fighting, and sending people to threaten and stalk debtors.

Moreover, even these behaviors, they are not very excessive: usury, the interest is about five cents a month, not much more; The fights and brawls did not cause any injuries and deaths, and the most serious one was only a minor injury; Tracking the debtor only sends some of their ponies to follow the debtor to work or squat at their home, and does not restrict the debtor's personal freedom.

The only serious crime committed by these people was the possession of firearms, ammunition and controlled knives.

Moreover, Liang Tanghua also told Chen Guitian in a matter-of-fact manner: Through the investigation and visit of the masses by the special case team, many people in Xinleng County do not have any ill feelings towards Gong Zhichao, nor do they feel how arrogant their gang is.

Many people who were surveyed said that they only knew that Gong Zhichao had opened a number of companies, made a lot of money, was also very righteous, and had a good relationship with people in many government departments.

Some people who put money in Gong Zhichao's investment company even defended Gong Zhichao in unison, saying that he was a very trustworthy person who was very responsible for every deposit placed in their investment company, and not only paid interest to the depositors on time. Moreover, if the depositor has an urgent matter at home and needs to withdraw the deposit in advance, he will instruct his subordinates to pay the deposit in a timely manner, and sometimes pay an extra one to two months of interest to the depositor to help them tide over the difficulties......

After listening to Liang Tanghua's introduction to Gong Zhichao, Chen Guitian showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and said slowly: "Old Liang, it seems that Director Guo's analysis is correct: Gong Zhichao may be a successful businessman with a certain influence in society, and he also has a certain amount of power and strength. However, this time, the municipal party committee and government of K City want to treat him as the leader of the underworld forces and investigate and crack down on him, which is a bit radical and excessive.

"I think that the greatest possibility is that Gong Zhichao offended someone because of the deployment and arrangement of this anti-gang and anti-evil operation against Gong Zhichao. Moreover, the person he offended is estimated to be very powerful, enough to affect the decision-making of your K City Party Committee and Municipal Government. Otherwise, the things done by Gong Zhichao and his subordinates would not be enough to trigger such a special operation to sweep away gangsters and eliminate evil.

What's more, although Gong Zhichao and them are suspected of forming a gang. However, their gang did not do anything evil or oppress the good, nor did it arouse great public indignation. We cannot simply identify such gangs as underworld gangs, nor can we simply label them as underworld forces just because of the instructions and will of certain leaders. I don't know if Director Liang agrees with this point of view? ”

Liang Tanghua knew that Chen Guitian was here on the orders of Director Guo, and the point he just said was likely to be Director Guo's instructions, so although he was still a little worried about how to explain to the main leaders of K City, he still nodded and said, "Captain Chen, I agree with these views of yours. In fact, I can't help myself - I can't implement the decisions of the municipal party committee and municipal government! Therefore, for my distress, I hope that Captain Chen will give me a reason for Director Guo. ”

In the next two days, Chen Guitian led several members of the inspection team to first check all the case files of the anti-gang and evil case in Xinleng County, and carefully read the confessions of Tie Tuo and several others. Then, Chen Guitian personally went to the No. 1 Detention Center on the outskirts of the city and interrogated Tie Tuo and the other four people, and he felt even more confident in his heart: This Gong Zhichao may have been an underworld boss before. But now, neither he nor his men have any new crimes. Gong Zhichao, in particular, has rarely participated in the fights and killings on the rivers and lakes in recent years, and has not even done anything about the usual profit-making behaviors of underworld forces such as opening casinos, organizing and accommodating women to sell yin, taking drugs and selling drugs, and so on. Every one of his companies and every business is formal and innocent. If you want to characterize him as the leader and chief offender of the underworld forces, you will indeed wronged him.

After coming to this conclusion, he proposed to Liang Tanghua: Convene the members of the special case group and the members of the party committee of the city bureau to hold a meeting to analyze the case of Gong Zhichao's gang and determine the next step.

At the case analysis meeting, Chen Guitian first clarified his own views, and the central meaning is: Gong Zhichao's gang does exist. However, their gang did not cause any harm to society, did not amass money or collect protection money by illegal means, did not oppress the people and harmed innocent people, and did not engage in large-scale brawls for land grabbing...... What is more important is that their gang has not aroused public anger or social instability. Therefore, there is no basis for characterizing them as underworld gangs, and it is also quite arbitrary.

Therefore, the illegal and criminal acts involved in several of Gong Zhichao's subordinates can only be handled as individual cases. Their criminal acts should be punished by each of them, and their illegal and criminal acts cannot be forced on their boss Gong Zhichao, and let him bear their sins.

Next, Liang Tanghua also spoke, expressing support for Captain Chen's opinion, and Gong Zhichao's gang cannot be characterized as an underworld gang. Starting today, the task force against Gong Zhichao's gang has been officially revoked, and the secret monitoring of Gong Zhichao and others has also been officially revoked. After the investigation is completed, Tie Tuo and the other four people, who have already been found to have committed illegal and criminal acts, will be immediately transferred to the procuratorate for arrest in accordance with legal procedures, and the court will sentence them according to their crimes......

As soon as he said this, Gu Yixin, the political commissar of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, suddenly stood up, and said with a blushing face: "Captain Chen, Director Liang, I firmly disagree with your characterization of Gong Zhichao's case just now. The case of Gong Zhichao was personally arranged for investigation and handling by the municipal party committee and government, and it was also the first case of our anti-gang and anti-evil action in City K. For this case, Secretary Zhou Tong and Mayor Ji Yufei both had special instructions. I would like to ask Director Liang: Did you change the characterization of this case without authorization, abolish the task force, and report to the municipal party committee and government in advance? In doing so, where do you think the authority of the municipal party committee and the municipal government lies? ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.