"I don't understand. The information you've provided is so confusing, and we haven't even reached a clear conclusion yet. In this case, what's the point of showing this to me? Should I just show this to the higher-ups? What do you think they'll think after seeing this?"
Cheng Wannian sat in the meeting room of the city bureau's task force, looking at the large amount of information descriptions displayed on the projection in front of him, which seemed to have no connection with each other. He felt his brain buzzing, and a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face. He spoke in a deep voice.
Deputy Director Sun Fulin's case has been closed on the surface, but there is a consensus that there are some inexplicable anomalies in the case itself.
Therefore, a secret task force composed of elite police officers was dispatched, and they have been conducting a lot of investigation and analysis work in private during this period.
And because Sun Fulin's own rank was not low, although he was not yet a provincial cadre, he was also well-known in the province. Therefore, after the special task force was established, the provincial department also sent two relevant detection experts to the special task force in accordance with the province's instructions to fully lead the relevant investigation matters.
At this moment, in the conference room, except for Cheng Wannian, all the members of the task force were present.
The reason for holding this meeting is that the two experts sent by the province believe that the investigation has made a breakthrough, so this phased progress must be synchronized with Cheng Wannian to prevent Cheng Wannian and the bigwigs above from misunderstanding that the task force has not achieved any results in recent times, which will put tremendous pressure on the task force.
"Director Cheng, we haven't reached a clear conclusion yet, but we have found a direction to continue the investigation, which is very important."
One of the two experts looked at Cheng Wannian seriously and continued, "At the beginning, everyone just suspected that Director Sun's death was not an accident, but suspicions need evidence to support them. Simple suspicions are meaningless. Now, although we haven't found clear evidence yet, we have discovered some doubts!"
Having said that, the expert pressed the remote control in his hand, causing the image displayed on the projector to change.
He continued, "Director Cheng, look, we've used every possible method to identify everyone who has had substantial contact with Director Sun over the past year! The number of these people has reached 672.
One hundred and fifty-two of them had a close relationship with Director Sun, with whom they had various vested interests. The remaining five hundred and twenty were extensions of these one hundred and fifty-two, and most of their contacts were to seek Director Sun's help.
The reason for our investigation is based on our judgment that Director Sun's death was not an accident but a deliberate murder. In this case, the person who could kill Director Sun in such a way is definitely not an ordinary person, and it is definitely not a crime of passion.
Crimes of passion can happen between strangers, but premeditated murder always involves a principal offender deeply connected to the victim! Regardless of whether there are accomplices, we should always start with the principal offender! That's why we're investigating through Director Sun's network of contacts."
Having said that, a hint of hesitation appeared on the expert's face.
Seeing this, Cheng Wannian said rather dissatisfiedly: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. We are discussing the case behind closed doors. There is nothing to worry about."
The expert smiled awkwardly and nodded, "Yes, Director Cheng. During our in-depth investigation of Director Sun's interpersonal network, we discovered numerous instances of him abusing his power for personal gain. Among them was a person who was very close to Director Sun. This person was his childhood friend and a close friend.
"There's ample evidence that Director Sun accepted a massive bribe through this individual and provided him with protection, allowing him to carry out his criminal activities. The criminal gang headed by this individual has committed numerous serious violations with no consequences. "Director Cheng, what should we do?"
Cheng Wannian took a deep breath and said seriously, "Death is the end of all debts. Sun Fulin is already dead, and his deeds during his lifetime have been determined by the organization. In this situation, pursuing the issue of a dead person is absurd. However, since Sun Fulin's childhood friend has committed a crime, he must be dealt with impartially and the people must be given an explanation!"
The expert replied, "Yes, we will transfer this person's case to colleagues in other departments later, and they will handle it separately."
Cheng Wannian waved his hand and said, "You guys can handle this as you please. I'm only concerned about the progress of Sun Fulin's case!"
The expert immediately said, "Director Cheng, when we first started checking those 672 people, we didn't find anything wrong. But as we continued our investigation and thoroughly examined their whereabouts, we discovered something very strange."
Having said that, the expert pressed the remote control in his hand again.
The image displayed on the projection immediately turned into a photo.
Chen Yan’s photo!
"Director Cheng, this guy's name is Chen Yan. He's one of those 520 people. The first time he actually came into contact with Director Sun was at a commendation ceremony for bravery. The second time he actually came into contact with Director Cheng was when Director Sun hosted a banquet for Mr. Chu, the CEO of Qin Beer Logistics. Mr. Chu brought Chen Yan along with him."
Seeing Cheng Wannian's attention drawn to the photo, the expert continued, "This person's past history is extremely normal, and he doesn't have any criminal record. However, when we investigated his whereabouts, we discovered that he completely disappeared from the surveillance system's footage more than once!
Unlike the disappearances of others, we retrieved all official and private surveillance videos in the city and conducted a comprehensive video review of those 672 people. If the others had disappeared from the surveillance, they must have run outside the surveillance range and were in a blind spot.
But Chen Yan's disappearance from the surveillance footage was abrupt! We couldn't piece together his complete whereabouts from the surveillance footage during those times he disappeared! This was clearly a problem. However, after checking the video, our colleagues in the technical department concluded that there was nothing wrong with it.
Cheng Wannian's eyes widened slightly when he heard this, and he said, "You mean, the video must have been manually hacked and modified, but the technical department can't find it?"
"That's right! After discussing it, we agree with this guess."
Cheng Wannian thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Send someone to secretly keep an eye on Chen Yan, but don't give up on other avenues of investigation!"
"Yes! Director Cheng!"
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