Guan Feng called Hu Mingfa.
During the phone call, he briefly described the current shortage of police officers in the team and said that he needed the station's cooperation to take a statement.
Hu Mingfa naturally had no objections. Not to mention that this was his duty, simply taking a statement counted as participation in solving the case. With Captain Guan's abilities, wouldn't that be another merit?
Although the contribution may not be significant, even a small fly is still meat.
Especially since Guan Feng is a rising star, forging a friendship with him will definitely be beneficial for future development.
He brought two police officers to the office and, as Guan Feng had requested, began to inquire about the situation.
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Interrogation room.
Guan Feng sat in the main seat and looked at Li Chuang as he walked in, asking, "Are you Li Chuang?"
Li Chuang nodded and said, "That's me!"
Guan Feng asked, "Was it your shift on August 26th?"
Li Chuang's eyes darted away instinctively, then he nodded and said, "That's right! I was on duty that day."
Guan Feng looked at the first reaction in the other person's eyes and couldn't help but ask, "Why do you remember so clearly?"
Li Chuang sighed, "Didn't something happen that day? I remember it very clearly, yes, it was August 26th. Sigh! I really didn't expect something like this to happen. What kind of thing is this? Why am I so unlucky?"
Guan Feng stared at the other man's expression and asked, "Li Chuang, the duty room is only a few hundred meters away from the reservoir. When this happened, didn't you hear the shouts from the scene?"
Li Chuang's eyes darted around, and he shook his head, saying, "Well, the air conditioner was on inside at the time, and the outdoor unit was making noise. Plus, the windows were double-paned, so I didn't pay attention. You don't suspect me of deliberately letting someone die, do you? How could I deliberately do such a thing? Wouldn't that bring me retribution?"
Guan Feng shook his head and said, "I don't doubt that you refused to help someone in distress, but I doubt that you abandoned your post."
Li Chuang's expression changed, and he asked, "What...what do you mean?"
Guan Feng said, "You were on duty that day, but you weren't at your post. With something like this happening so suddenly, how do you think the company will deal with you? That's why you thought of hiding it."
Li Chuang shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
Guan Feng said calmly, "Nonsense? We checked the surveillance footage. Your car drove out at 5:30 that afternoon and didn't return to the mountain until after 10 p.m. It wasn't in the parking lot at all. Could someone else have been driving it? We can check the surveillance footage along the route right now to see who the driver is!"
Li Chuang swallowed hard and stammered, "I...I..." unable to give a coherent answer.
Guan Feng reminded him, "Li Chuang, I need to remind you now that the recorder is on. You have the right to describe what you believe to be the facts, but everything you do will be recorded and kept as evidence. Once we find that there are discrepancies between your statements and the facts, it will not only be a disciplinary action, but a criminal case. At that time, you will not only lose your job, but you will also have to go to jail."
Li Chuang's face turned pale as he asked, "Is...is it that serious?"
Guan Feng pulled out his police ID, pointed to the words "Criminal Police" on it, and asked, "See those two words? Criminal Police! Do you think we have to come for every case? It involves a criminal case, and you're asking me how serious it is? Don't you have any common sense?"
Li Chuang sighed and said, "Then, does it count if I confess now?"
Guan Feng nodded and said, "As long as you explain everything clearly, we naturally won't make things difficult for you."
Li Chuang immediately said, "Then, then I confess. I really didn't come up that night. I went drinking after get off work. I didn't expect a drowning to happen in the reservoir. When I rushed back, I found that the person was gone. In fear, I had to falsify the duty record. I really didn't stand by and watch someone die. I was just afraid of being punished by my superiors."
Guan Feng asked, "What time did you get back?"
Li Chuang said, "Let me check my phone; there are call records on it."
Guan Feng gave Liu Shengguo a wink.
Liu Shengguo stepped forward, and under his supervision, Li Chuang turned on his phone, checked the call log, and found that the call was at 9:58 p.m.
Guan Feng asked, "Who were the people drinking at that time?"
Li Chuang said, "There are three of us on duty, plus Director Liu."
"Liu Liang?"
Upon hearing this name, Guan Feng frowned and asked, "He participated too?"
Li Chuang nodded and said, "That's right! We had arranged to have dinner together, and that afternoon, seeing that there was nothing to do, I locked my office and went out for drinks. Who would have thought..."
Guan Feng said irritably, "Who would have thought? I thought you were the only one drinking, but you invited the other two as well. That means from 5:30 pm to 9:58 pm that day, there were actually no reservoir management personnel present? What if someone poisoned the reservoir during that time?"
Li Chuang said sheepishly, "I've been working here for several years and nothing like this has ever happened before, so I was careless. Besides, there's always a security guard at the gate, so..."
Guan Feng asked, "So how did you receive the call later?"
Li Chuang said, "The security guard called me and said that someone had drowned and that the family was causing trouble in the reservoir. He told me to go back immediately, so I rushed back as soon as I received the news."
Guan Feng reminded him, "Let's review what happened exactly as it happened. Who started it, from drinking after get off work?"
Li Chuang began to recall: "It was almost time to get off work. A few of us had made plans to drink, but no one had suggested it. Oh, Director Liu said he had heard that a new beef restaurant had opened on Renmin Road, and that the taste was quite authentic. He asked if we wanted to go there and try it. I thought to myself, it doesn't matter where we eat, so I decided to go there."
Guan Feng asked, "Aren't you worried about being too drunk and affecting your night shift?"
Li Chuang said, "There's usually nothing going on at the reservoir. I was planning to drink until around 10 o'clock and then go back to the office to sleep."
Guan Feng said irritably, "You've done this kind of thing a lot before, haven't you?"
Li Chuang looked somewhat embarrassed.
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