Chapter 490 Xu Jiayin's Confession
After getting the guarantee to a certain extent, Xu Jiayin finally spoke up after careful consideration and weighing of the pros and cons.
But when he opened his mouth, Dudu and another investigator were stunned.
Although Dudu knew that Xu Jiayin must have someone powerful behind him, even more powerful than his own Secretary Qi, he was still scared when he learned the truth.
In just a short period of time, Xu Jiayin confessed to the crimes of as many as 13 officials at the vice-ministerial level and above. The depth of their involvement and the large number of people involved far exceeded his original imagination, and he dared not even think about it.
After a long while, Dudu looked solemn and said in a low and serious voice: "Xiao Li, from this moment on, the two of us cannot be separated for even a second!
After Director Li Chengyang returns, we will immediately set off for the capital and report the case directly to the team leader in person."
After hearing this, Xiao Li from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection quickly agreed and expressed his willingness to fully obey the arrangements.
He was also very frightened, and there was still a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.
In this way, the two of them stayed closely beside Xu Jiayin, staying quietly in the interrogation room, anxiously waiting for the return of Li Chengyang and others.
At the same time, on the other side, Captain Liu Haofei of the Ministry of State Security has begun a powerful interrogation offensive against Li Tianyou.
The methods and strategies used by the national security department are by no means comparable to those of ordinary police officers or discipline inspection commission staff. In just less than two hours, Li Tianyou could no longer hold on and confessed everything he knew.
It’s a pity that although he knew that there was another spy within the investigation team, he had no idea who this spy was.
When Li Chengyang learned about this situation, he remained silent, and there was no change in expression on his resolute face.
After thinking for a while, he decisively turned to the driver and instructed: "Change the itinerary and don't go to Jingzhou." Then, the vehicle quickly turned around and returned to the way it came.
Although the other investigators in the car were full of doubts, no one asked the reason due to discipline requirements, but one person's expression changed.
It was Song Wenwei, one of the three suspects.
Although he quickly returned to normal, he was still discovered by the careful Li Chengyang, who immediately became cautious and focused his attention on Song Wenwei.
After returning to the investigation team’s residence, Li Chengyang took Song Wenwei directly to the interrogation room on the pretext of investigation and interrogation, and asked the National Security Bureau to keep an eye on the other two suspects.
"Captain Liu, I have brought the people here. Now I'll trouble you!" Li Chengyang said politely.
Song Wenwei's face changed drastically, but he was facing the elites among the elites, and before he could react, he was controlled by the national security personnel.
"Director Li, who are they? Why did they arrest me?" Song Wenwei asked excitedly, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"Don't you know why we arrested you?" Li Chengyang asked back.
"I……"
Without waiting for Song Wenwei to speak, Li Chengyang continued, "Wenwei, it's still not too late for you to correct your mistakes before a disaster occurs. As long as you can explain the problem in time, rectify the situation and make meritorious contributions, the organization will definitely give you a lighter punishment."
Afterwards, national security personnel went to interrogate Song Wenwei, and Li Chengyang found out the extent.
Before Li Chengyang could speak, Dudu said solemnly: "Chengyang, Xu Jiayin has already confessed."
"Who are they?" Li Chengyang asked curiously.
"Don't ask yet. At present, only Xiao Li and I know about it. We will go to Beijing now to report to the team leader. You must keep an eye on Xu Jiayin personally and make sure his safety." He pointed upwards, implying that the person involved was of a very high status, beyond his imagination.
Li Chengyang sensed the seriousness of the question and nodded in agreement without asking any more questions.
After the two men had discussed it, Dudu and Xiao Li went to Beijing overnight and found the head of the special task force, the third-in-command of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, early the next morning.
After listening to the report, the head of the task force, Li Yajun, also changed his expression and said solemnly: "You two wait here for a while, I'll go out for a while."
He also didn't expect that this time it would involve an important leader who was much higher than himself. He had to report to the head of the unit in person and then seek the leader's opinion on how to deal with the matter.
The two waited for more than three hours before the task force leader came back from outside. It was not difficult to see the seriousness of the problem from his solemn expression.
"Comrade Ducheng, Comrade Li Yongfei, you are not allowed to tell anyone about Xu Jiayin's confession." Li Yajun solemnly instructed.
"Yes, Secretary Li." The two of them hurriedly agreed.
Immediately afterwards, Li Yajun rushed to the location of the investigation team in person.
After knowing the mastermind behind the scenes, the leaders understood the importance and sensitivity of the case and asked Li Yajun to handle it personally.
We must never allow it to develop into a public opinion storm that causes uproar, so as to avoid any adverse impact on the good image of the country and the government.
After Li Yajun arrived at the investigation team, he immediately got down to work without taking any time to rest.
First, he personally interrogated Xu Jiayin and made a new detailed transcript. This new transcript was only different from the previous one recorded by the two of them in one aspect, that is, the real boss behind the scenes was missing.
As soon as Xu Jiayin finished his statement, he was taken away by staff from the national security department.
As for where he was taken, even Dudu and others had no idea.
Afterwards, Li Yajun directed the task force members to take quick action and decisively arrested a series of political figures including Chen Yijun, Tang Rugui, Liu Zhongwen and Su Zhiqiang.
In addition, the banking system was the focus of this operation and suffered heavy losses. In total, 37 bank presidents, both large and small, were arrested, and the number of other people involved in the case at all levels was as high as thousands.
With the task force's swift and powerful attack, this incident quickly became the focus of public opinion.
However, because the national security department just recently arrested a number of influential Internet celebrities in accordance with the law, many people are still frightened. Even if they are curious about the matter, they dare not report it openly.
Major mainstream portals can only publish relevant content in accordance with official news releases and dare not make any innovations.
The task force acted very quickly. Less than a week after the corrupt officials were arrested, the investigation was concluded and the cases were handed over to the procuratorate for handling. They will be severely punished by law.
As for the mess left behind by Henda, the government can only take over and deal with it slowly.
Fortunately, Qi Tongwei wanted to rectify the real estate industry and discovered Hengda’s problems in time. Although the current problems are huge and the debt is high, the current real estate market is still in an upward period.
It is not too difficult for the government to handle it. However, if we wait for a few years, debts continue to accumulate and the real estate market is in a downturn, it will probably be more difficult at that time.
I don’t know what other people are thinking, but Qi Tongwei feels that it is the right time for Henda to go bankrupt, and it will be relatively easy to change the economic policy in time and turn around.
To this end, he took the initiative to take over the issues of the Hengda Handong Branch, one to reduce the burden on the government, and the other to use it for experiments and accumulate experience for future economic transformation.
The economic impact of this case on Handong was not particularly great. The biggest impact was the imprisonment of the provincial governor Su Zhigang. No one expected that Su Zhigang would get into trouble less than three months after taking office as governor.
Qi Tongwei didn’t know if it was because his aura was too strong, but the leaders who worked with him in the team all had a bad ending.
When he was the mayor of Dabeihu County, Yi Xuexue, the then county party secretary, was taken away by Hou Liangping. Although it was finally proved that he was wronged, it also affected his official career and he has been standing still for more than ten years.
When he was the secretary of the Luteng City Party Committee, Mayor Xie Zhonglin was sentenced.
When he was the secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee, Su Zhigang, who had just taken over as provincial governor, was arrested again.