Chapter 677: Ending One Thing
Anyone who is faced with the option of death will struggle for a moment, this has nothing to do with human nature and faith, it is purely that the fear of death has broken through the upper limit, whether or not they voluntarily accept the fact that death is coming, they will produce fearful emotions.
In the face of such a death notice, Mr. Roel's original little courage suddenly disappeared, and the other party told him with facts that even if he was accidentally killed by excessive torture here, the security committee would have enough strength to suppress this matter and cover it up, and would not bear any responsibility.
Because he was already dead, he had drowned a few days ago, and maybe his body was still frozen in an ice vault somewhere. This made him feel ridiculous like never before, he was still alive, but it was also possible that he was really dead, which made him have no choice, he had to prove to the Security Committee and the world that he was actually alive.
"What do you want to know?", he sighed heavily, completely giving up resistance, no matter what the other person asked, he would answer.
The captain was very satisfied with Mr. Roel's cooperation, he put the death notice on the table, sat down opposite Mr. Roel, picked up a notebook and began to record the following testimony, "Mr. Roel, there was a collapse in your mine, and based on what we have received and reasonable speculation, we think it was a man-made accident, right?"
Roel nodded, "Yes, I arranged this mining disaster to solve my financial difficulties. I had paid a lot of money to operate the mine, but I had been subjected to commercial fraud, and the mine's production and stock were much lower than the figures shown in the exploration report. I was under a lot of financial pressure, so I had to solve this problem, and it just so happened that Mr. Memnon's three-guarantee policy allowed me to find an opportunity, and with the help of the mine protection team, I created this mining disaster. ”
After Mr. Roel confirmed that there was no mistake in writing, he not only wrote down the true words of this transcript in the blank space on the side, but also pressed his fingerprints on the name, time, place and keywords.
His cooperation made the captain's tone much kinder, and the superior continued to ask, "So is the body found in the mine during the subsequent rescue the body of a local, or the body of an illegal stowaway?"
"It's the corpses of slaves......"
Mr. Roel confessed to his crimes until the captain asked a new question.
"When you were marching on the families of the miners, you were suddenly attacked, and you were shot, who do you think arranged such an attack, and what should be his purpose?"
Mr. Roel's pupils contracted slightly, he looked down at his shoelaces, and said softly, "I don't know, and I would like to know who attacked me and those innocent people, and I'm sorry for this question, because I can't give you any accurate answer." ”
He could admit anything, but he wouldn't admit that he had done the attack, because he knew very well that no matter how many slaves he had killed in the mining crash...... Officially, he was an illegal smuggler, or how much money he defrauded from Memnon, and these charges did not cause him serious consequences. The former died as "illegal stowaways", whose very existence is unreasonable and illegitimate, whose death can only be said to be unlucky, and the Empire will also help him to cover up this part of the fact at home and abroad.
Now that international public opinion is beginning to focus on the Empire, the slaves who were "slaughtered" this time came from more than a dozen countries, and everyone wanted to know what was going on here, why the Empire's army would slaughter those unarmed slaves, and even boasted about it as a kind of merit.
At this time, it is certainly the best choice if the negative impact can be reduced a little, and besides, until the nature of the Freedom Front is determined, no one can guarantee how this matter will be dealt with in the end. However, if at this time it continues to be revealed that some people have obtained wealth by killing innocent slaves, it is easy to think of the extermination of the Freedom Front. If the people of the empire could trade the lives of slaves for wealth, why couldn't they trade the deaths of these people for military exploits?
As for the latter, Mr. Roel, who had read the newspaper lately, believed that Memnon's appearance of his troubles was far more important than the two million in his hand, and that the money had not been swindled from the town hall or the state government, and that even if Mr. Memnon had prosecuted him, he would have to go out in jail for three or five years.
So Roel knew very well that even if he killed more slaves, it would not be a problem, at least for the time being, on the surface, he did not kill any slaves, they were all Imperial miners, and this matter had nothing to do with those slaves.
But the attack was different, the attack caused the death and injury of many citizens of the Empire, and if it ended up on his head, even if he didn't need to be hanged, he would be in prison waiting for the time to come and give him the last stab. He didn't want the rest of his life to become worthless and meaningless, so he chose the statement that was most beneficial to himself.
I don't know!
The Captain picked up another file bag from the table and opened it, there were two photographs inside, he picked it up and showed it to Mr. Roel, then put it back away, and put it away properly, "We have people who have filmed you and the gunman who shot at you having contact before the attack, how do you explain this?" ”
To be honest, Roel didn't see the photo that the captain had just taken out, but the captain's words made him sweat, just as Memnon guessed, the initiator of this attack was his biggest victim. When Memnon told him that he would not consider paying the insurance money until the investigation team had clarified all the details of the accident, Mr. Roel did not intend to be too aggressive at first, but the problem was that the investigation was too detailed.
The enormous stress caused by the mine collapse has left almost the vast majority of victims unrecognizable, but there are always things in this world that are not so satisfactory. There was a guy whose body was relatively intact and his face was indeed not so easy to identify, but there was a problem here - the miner corresponding to the sign around this guy's neck should be a short man, but now this corpse is a tall man, with a difference of about twenty centimeters in height from front to back.
If no one would pay attention to this matter in normal times, just a dead man, but at this time, this dead man was involved in more than two million compensation, and the people of the investigation team thought that this would be a breakthrough. If it can be proved that the body of one miner was faked, it can be proved that the bodies of other miners are also likely to be faked. Once the compensation is delayed, when the mine is cleared, people will be able to find that there is nothing of value in the mine.
Before the compensation is paid, Mr. Roel will go bankrupt and lose everything he has.
Under such circumstances, he decided to take a risk, on the one hand, he bribed the families of the miners who were found to be problematic and nearby neighbors, and on the other hand, he bought off a secretary who was not very taken seriously by Memnon, and then let his mine protection team stage an attack drama.
The advantage of this is to turn yourself into a victim and then push the Memmon into a corner by stirring up the grievances of the victims' families. As long as he gave the money, he didn't care if he could find out if there was a problem in the future, and he was almost abroad at that time.
The plan was carried out so successfully that under pressure Mennon could only temporarily abandon the investigation and pay the compensation money first to the families of the victims and the injured, so as to make up for the disadvantage of public opinion as much as possible. If it weren't for the intervention of the Security Committee, he thought that he might have already boarded the passenger ship to the Federation, and even started to think about landing.
He believed that his plan was risky, but the problem should never have been with his meeting with the gunman, and he did not know what had gone wrong and why the security committee had such a photo, so he remained silent.
Mr. Captain put down the pen in his hand and patiently explained, "We have been investigating some of Mr. Memnon's problems, and the people who are close to him are included in our monitoring range, so you are very unlucky to be caught by our tail by the way." You may not admit it, but I am sure that as our investigation deepens, someone will come forward and put the truth on the table. Mr. Roel, when that day comes you may face capital punishment, but if you give an account now, we will consider interceding for you before the judge at our discretion so that you can get out of prison alive. ”
Roel's lips moved, in fact, he knew very well that now he had no way but to cooperate. After weighing the pros and cons for more than half an hour, he spoke.
When the interrogation was over, the captain left the interrogation room, and he opened the file bag and married the photograph inside, which showed two men standing together shaking hands with each other, a very classic moment. At the moment when this photograph was taken, the royal family completely handed over their management of the country to the man on the left of the photo, whose name was Maggs.
Yes, it's an old photo, but that doesn't stop it from fooling Mr. Roel. The Security Committee has a lot of experience in interrogation work, and they deal with professionally trained spy agents or dangerous elements who have been brainwashed by extremism all year round, and they dig out what they need from the mouth of an ordinary person or a pampered ordinary person, and they do not suffer at all!
Mr. Captain walked to the back of the hallway, opened a glass display case, put the photograph back in a blank frame, and handed his transcript to his superiors.