After arriving, Lao Cui quickly took control of the scene and interrogated Guan Huo, Guan Shiyi, and the team members separately. This case involved suspected human trafficking, and Lao Cui took it very seriously. He felt that Jiang Huashu and his wife were amazing, and whenever they came across them, it meant there was a major case.
The three people from the brigade headquarters confessed first that they had not participated in human trafficking, but had followed Guan Huo in doing many unnecessary things in the production team, such as recording false work points, falsifying output values, and secretly selling grain.
Guan Shiyi, this idiot, was probably used to being domineering in the village. Coupled with his limited experience, he thought he was the Crown Prince and was insolent. At first, he even argued with the police who were interrogating him and talked nonsense. Later, Lao Cui lost his patience and handcuffed Guan Shiyi directly, and then he immediately behaved himself.
Guan Huo hadn't actually done anything particularly oppressive in the village. It was simply that the village chief was hereditary. Guan Huo's grandfather's generation had made a mistake, and his lineage was expelled from Guanjia Village. To facilitate their annual visits to the graves, they built a house and settled on wasteland two and a half miles from Guanjia Village. After Guan Huo's grandfather passed away, his father inherited the position of village chief, and then the current Guan Huo, who became both village chief and production team leader after the production team was established. Erliban now has about sixty or seventy households, eighty to ninety percent of whom are Guan Huo's clan members. It's a very small village.
After hearing this, Professor Dong finally understood why when she and Sun Mofei first entered Erliban, they saw Guan Shi's family watching the fun at the door and no one went in to intervene. It turned out that they were all from the same family, and who had the time to speak out?
This raises the question: Is this mentally ill woman truly insane, even though her condition doesn't appear particularly disturbing? Or was she using the fire as an excuse to escape her son? Is this the only girl, or were there others before? What about the family of three living in the wasteland?
Professor Dong took advantage of the time when Lao Cui came out to relieve himself to stop him, told him his suspicions, and also talked about the family of three in the wasteland, which made Lao Cui almost wet his pants.
After releasing the water, Lao Cui brought the father and son back to the commune and continued to interrogate them. There were too many hidden problems in this.
Several people in the production team were under the supervision of militiamen. Jiang Huashu had the people who came with him ride bicycles to Guanjia Village to call the militiamen. It was more effective to have one's own people.
The accountant from Guanjia Village, along with Shuishuixingxing, were also summoned. The three of them were checking the accounts in the brigade headquarters! The account books, dating back so many years, were quite large. The accountant used an abacus, while Shuishuixingxing secretly used a calculator. The three of them took the books one by one, checking them one by one. After they were done, they would take turns checking them again, checking for any omissions. Any problems were written down on slips and placed on one side, while those that were correct were placed on the other.
Although there were many people watching the fun, no one dared to come out and report Guan Huo or Guan Shiyi.
The case was interrogated for three days, and Guan Huo and Guan Shiyi were eventually sentenced to death for suspected human trafficking, rape, embezzlement of public funds, reselling household registrations, reselling grain, and violent oppression of the people.
Several members of the Erliban Production Team were also sentenced for participating in and embezzling state property, reselling grain and other crimes.
The punishments in this era are very severe. Professor Dong and others think that this is how it should be, to let those who want to take advantage of loopholes see that not abiding by the law will ultimately lead to their own destruction.
This incident also attracted widespread attention from various villages. Through the propaganda of the village team leaders and others, people hated the act of human trafficking and also paid more attention to the dignity of the law and the protection of human rights.
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