Official excuse: I was sent to work at the grassroots level for training, and Hou Liangping arrested

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The 28 billion dollar hole has not yet been filled.

The miners' new village shantytown is located in Guangming District. Didn't Li Dakang know that?

That's nonsense. Li Dakang turns a blind eye to it.

If he had been able to oversee and promote the shantytown redevelopment back then, this massive explosion would never have happened.

Now that something's happened, they're starting to shirk responsibility. They're doing it all the time.

If you want to take responsibility, Li Dakang, you still can't escape it.

He was the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, the top leader. The shantytown collapse was a particularly serious production safety accident.

In such a serious safety incident, it's simply impossible for the top leader to shirk responsibility or pass the buck.

At the very least, Li Dakang should be dismissed from his post.

Li Dakang turned around and roared at Lin Yunfei, questioning, "Lin Yunfei, what kind of district party secretary are you? Why didn't you discover the safety hazards in the shantytown beforehand?"

“You have failed in your duty.” Li Dakang raised his right hand, his face icy cold.

Lin Yunfei sneered: "Secretary Li, I've only been in office for less than a week. The one who failed in their duty is my predecessor, Chen Hai."

"Chen Hai's father is Chen Yanshi."

"Chief Prosecutor Chen Yanshi is the adoptive father of Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin."

Upon hearing these words, Li Dakang's face turned ashen, and his right hand trembled with anger.

Well, Lin Yunfei isn't going to put up with you at all. He dragged Chen Yanshi and Sha Ruijin into the mess.

Lin Yunfei made a startling statement, looking around: "I'm telling you, three tons of cash were found in Chen Hai's house!"

"Is there any bribery involved here? Did Chen Hai embezzle public funds?"

"Chen Hai has now been sentenced to eighteen years in prison."

Li Dakang was furious and shouted, "Enough! Lin Yunfei, shut up! Don't say anything that's detrimental to unity!"

It was only then that Li Dakang remembered. Lin Yunfei was not the submissive Sun Liancheng.

Lin Yunfei couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Secretary Li, I can take responsibility. But don't you bear any responsibility?"

Li Dakang's mind raced: "This is the responsibility of my predecessor, the municipal party secretary. He was lazy in his administration."

"The Guangming Peak project is still a huge hole."

Lin Yunfei's aggressive stance: "You should know that my predecessor was Ding Yizhen. Back then, Ding Yizhen served as the Party Secretary of Guangming District and the Vice Mayor of Jingzhou City. He was in charge of mineral resource integration."

Li Dakang became extremely angry, roaring, "Enough! Get out of here, we don't need you here."

"Lin Yunfei, you have been dismissed from your post."

Lin Yunfei's lips curled slightly as he stared at the other man: "Li Dakang, you will regret this. You have no right to remove me from my post without the approval of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee."

“I am the vice mayor of Jingzhou City. To remove me from my post, it requires a two-thirds majority vote of the Standing Committee members of the Municipal Party Committee.”

Li Dakang's face was extremely ugly, as black as charcoal. He gritted his teeth and said, "Lin Yunfei, you completely disregard the overall situation."

Lin Yunfei directly confronted him: "Li Dakang, such a major workplace accident has occurred. More than a hundred people are seriously injured. You can expect to be dismissed by the Central Government."

After saying that, Lin Yunfei turned around without hesitation and walked towards his Land Rover.

. . . . .

Li Dakang stood there, trembling with rage. He pointed at Lin Yunfei's retreating figure and roared, "Lin Yunfei, you are utterly lawless! Do you think you can do whatever you want just because someone is backing you up? I won't let this go!"

At this moment, the surrounding cadres looked at each other, not daring to utter a sound. They knew that the conflict had reached a fever pitch, and the situation would become even more complex and tense.

Li Dakang took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. He turned to the cadres around him and said, "Don't let this affect you. The most important thing now is to do everything we can to rescue the injured and comfort the families of the victims. At the same time, as previously required, conduct a comprehensive investigation of safety hazards throughout the city. We must never allow a similar accident to happen again!"

The cadres nodded in agreement and quickly went to arrange their tasks. Li Dakang, however, stood still, his eyes revealing a firm and resolute determination. He knew in his heart that this turmoil was far from over, and he had to be prepared to face all challenges.

Hou Liangping, sitting in the prosecutor's office car, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but frown.

“Let’s go, Lu Yike. Let’s take Shi Hongxing back to the 543rd Procuratorate of Handong Province first.”

Lu Yike nodded, started the car, and slowly drove away from the accident scene. The atmosphere inside the car was somewhat oppressive. Hou Liangping looked at the street scenes rushing past the window, his mind filled with many thoughts.

Shi Hongxing sat in the back seat, her face pale, her eyes revealing deep fear and unease. She knew that being taken back to the procuratorate this time meant facing an unprecedented storm.

"Chief Prosecutor Hou, I... I really didn't know it would turn out like this." Shi Hongxing's voice trembled as she tried to defend herself.

Hou Liangping didn't turn around, but simply said, "Shi Hongxing, it's too late to say anything now. You'd better confess honestly and try to get lenient treatment."

As Lu Yike drove, she observed Shi Hongxing's reaction through the rearview mirror. She knew that this woman was hiding too many secrets, and these secrets were likely inextricably linked to the collapse of the miners' new village shantytown.

The car sped along the highway and soon arrived at the Handong Provincial Procuratorate. Hou Liangping and Lu Yike led Shi Hongxing into the interrogation room, where a fierce confrontation began.

Meanwhile, Li Dakang was also busy at the accident site. He personally directed the rescue work, ensuring that every injured person received timely and effective treatment. He also continuously communicated with his superiors, reporting on the progress of the accident and the rescue efforts.

However, Li Dakang knew in his heart that this accident was undoubtedly a huge blow to his political career. He had to find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible and hold those responsible accountable in order to salvage his reputation and image.

In this turmoil, everyone is struggling for their own future and destiny.

154. If all else fails, then get rid of Hou Liangping.

154. If all else fails, then get rid of Hou Liangping.

"Useless! Qi Ben'an, how could you let Hongxing be taken away by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong Province?"

Lin Manjiang, in Beijing, received a call from Qi Ben'an. Upon hearing the news, he felt a wave of dizziness and almost felt the world spinning around him.

Qi Ben'an sighed, utterly helpless: "Senior brother, calm down first. I'll keep an eye on Hou Liangping myself."

"That is, Hou Liangping, the deputy chief prosecutor of the Handong Provincial Procuratorate and concurrently the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, personally called Sha Ruijin."

"Who is Sha Ruijin? He's the Party Secretary of Handong Province. A high-ranking leader at the ministerial level."

"Sha Ruijin personally authorized Hou Liangping to take Shi Hongxing away to investigate the missing 500 million yuan in cooperative funds."

"Sha Ruijin?"

Lin Manjiang gasped in shock, his expression changing drastically.

It should be noted that he, as the chairman and party secretary of Zhongfu Group, is only at the vice-ministerial level.

Sha Ruijin is a powerful provincial official, the provincial party secretary with real power, and the top leader of Handong Province.

Lin Manjiang changed the subject: "Qi Ben'an. Let's not talk about this now. Tell me, Master... how is she? Is she seriously injured?"

Qi Ben'an's expression was serious: "It's quite serious. He's been rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment."

"Ben'an, you need to go to the hospital right now to visit your master."

"I'll fly to Jingzhou in a couple of days." Lin Manjiang hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking.

Then, Lin Manjiang suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and a piercing pain went deep into his bones.

He has bone cancer, which he has kept hidden from everyone. He relies on imported medications to stay alive.

. . . . .

Lin Manjiang slowly sat down in the chair, pressing his hands firmly against his temples, trying to calm his chaotic thoughts. But at this moment, his mind was filled with the news of Shi Hongxing being taken away and his master being injured, and the pain from his bone cancer seemed to intensify because of these worries.

He knew that Shi Hongxing's being taken away meant that things had gotten out of his control.

The fact that Sha Ruijin, the top official of Handong Province, personally authorized this action suggests the immense political power and determination behind it.

Five hundred million yuan in funds allocated for the renovation of shantytowns has disappeared, which is no small sum.

Once verified, not only will Shi Hongxing herself be in danger, but as the chairman of Zhongfu Group, I am also very likely to be implicated.

Moreover, the transaction involving the Jingfeng and Jingsheng mines totaled 4.7 billion yuan, generating 1 billion yuan in transaction fees.

To put it bluntly, this is all because Lin Manjiang was blinded by greed and colluded with Fu Changming, the chairman of Changming Group, which has a market value of hundreds of billions.

They embezzled state-owned assets.

Moreover, and most importantly, the person who signed the document was Shi Hongxing, the general manager of Jingzhou Zhongfu.

Once Shi Hongxing exposes this matter...

Or it could be discovered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong Province... The consequences would be unimaginable.

Requesting flowers...

The news of his master Cheng Duanyang's injury made him extremely anxious.

My mentor, Cheng Duanyang, has always been incredibly caring towards me, and I owe a great deal to him for my achievements. Now that he is injured, I feel deeply guilty for not being able to be by his side immediately.

Lin Manjiang got up and paced back and forth in the room, pondering his next move. He needed to find out the details of Shi Hongxing's arrest as soon as possible and see if he could find a way to turn things around.

Suddenly, the phone rang again, and Lin Manjiang's heart tightened, fearing that it was bad news about Shi Hongxing or his master again.

Lin Manjiang picked up his phone with trembling hands. He breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw that it was Zhang Guiying, the deputy secretary of the group's internal discipline inspection commission, but he still dared not relax in the slightest and quickly answered the phone.

Zhang Guiying's voice came from the other end of the phone, tinged with urgency and gravity: "Chairman Lin, I just received news that the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong Province has acted swiftly and has launched a full interrogation of Shi Hongxing. They seem to have obtained some key evidence."

Lin Manjiang frowned, his face growing increasingly grim. Suppressing his anxiety, he asked, "What crucial evidence? Is there any specific content?"

Zhang Guiying hesitated for a moment and said, "The specific details are not clear yet, but I heard that it is closely related to the flow of the 500 million yuan in cooperative funds, and may also involve the transaction issues of Jingfeng Mine and Jingsheng Mine."

Lin Manjiang's heart skipped a beat; his worst fears had come true. The transaction involving these two mines had always been a thorn in his side, and now that Hou Liangping of the Anti-Corruption Bureau was watching him, the consequences were unimaginable.

He took a deep breath, trying to remain calm: "Zhang Guiying, immediately use all our connections in Handong Province to find out as soon as possible what evidence the Anti-Corruption Bureau has. At the same time, closely monitor Shi Hongxing's interrogation and report to me immediately if there is any disturbance."

"Chairman Lin, I can only do my best. After all, the anti-corruption storm has swept through Handong, and the central government's eyes are fixed on Handong."

Zhang Guiying slowly opened her mouth, explained a few words, and then hung up the phone.

Lin Manjiang put down his phone, feeling an unprecedented pressure. He knew he had to come up with a solution as soon as possible, otherwise not only would Shi Hongxing suffer, but he himself might also be ruined.

He sat down in his chair again, closed his eyes, and began to sort out the whole story in his mind, trying to find a breakthrough.

"Hello, Changming. It's me."

Lin Manjiang made a phone call to Fu Changming, the chairman of Changming Group.

Fu Changming's voice came quickly from the other end of the phone, sounding somewhat puzzled: "Brother, is it urgent that you're calling so late?"

Lin Manjiang frowned, his voice filled with barely concealed anxiety: "Changming, something terrible has happened. Shi Hongxing has been taken away by Hou Liangping, the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong Province. They have launched a full interrogation and have obtained some key evidence, which is very likely related to the 500 million yuan of cooperative funds and the transactions of Jingfeng Mine and Jingsheng Mine."

There was a moment of silence on Fu Changming's end, then he said, "Brother, this is troublesome. We need to think of a solution as soon as possible."

Lin Manjiang gritted his teeth: "I know. The situation is urgent. We must first find out what evidence the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Handong Province has. Do you have any reliable people on your end who can get information in Handong Province?"