Zhang Qiushan introduced: "This time, Li Baihe, I and two engineers from the plastics factory came to Gangcheng together."
Xie Wan asked: "What about those two people?"
Zhang Qiushan said: "They are only responsible for technology, not procurement. The police think it has little to do with them. They have been arranged to go back by the Office of the Special Commissioner."
Xie Wan frowned, but he understood that those two people were technical personnel and might not have much to do with this case.
Zhang Qiushan continued, “I arrived in Hong Kong last week.
Li Baili arrived half a month earlier than me.
She is in charge of finance. Last month, Lao Jiao and his team collected more than two million yuan in payment for goods and deposited it into the bureau's account at HSBC.
She would come here early and transfer 80% of it to the account of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
The higher-ups agreed that our province could keep 20 percent for itself to develop the economy and purchase equipment.
After the two engineers and I arrived, we visited several plastic factories in the port city, determined the models and quantities of the equipment needed, and signed a purchase contract with a local machinery manufacturer.
The contract requires a deposit of 280,000 yuan to be paid in advance.
Li Baili went to transfer the deposit that morning.
We didn't see her come back until the evening, and we didn't see her the next day either.
I asked the machinery factory and they said the money had not been received at all.
We just reported the case.
As a result, when the police investigated, they found that Li Baili had taken 280,000 yuan in cash and disappeared.
Two days later, her body was found by fishermen, and we knew she was dead."
After listening to Zhang Qiushan's introduction, this really seems like a simple case of embezzlement.
Maybe Li Baili wanted to escape with the money and was killed by her accomplices.
Xie Wan asked: "Is there only 280,000 in the account that Li Baihe withdrew from?"
Zhang Qiushan shook his head: "Our Lao Chuan Ma Chili Oil is selling well. The payment received in the past two months alone is more than 4 million. Excluding the payment to the Foreign Trade Department, the remaining more than 800,000 is all in the account."
Xie Wan found it strange. If Li Baili intended to abscond with the money, why would she only take 280,000?
A normal criminal would definitely take all of it, right?
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