"Everyone, there is something that is indeed a bit unbelievable. The incident happened in Chang Ming, but it has a lot to do with our Municipal Party Committee." Yan Baiyang's expression was not unfriendly.
"In the evening, Comrade Feng Yuxing, the secretary of the Changming County Party Committee, called me and said that a bug was found in his office desk and sofa.
After all, the eavesdropping devices discovered, hidden in desks and sofas, were identified as being used exclusively by the police. This is why I asked Comrade Gong Feng, the city's police chief, to attend the meeting!"
Yan Baiyang paused for a moment before continuing, "The office of the head of a county party committee was bugged. Everyone knows how important this is. It's a crime to steal party secrets!"
Yan Baiyang picked up his teacup and took a sip. "Everyone, tell me! How should we define this matter and how should we handle it?"
"Secretary, this matter is very serious. Are you sure?" The Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Xing Zhongming looked at Yan Baiyang with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Comrade Zhixing may seem a little unreliable given his youth, but as a county party secretary and the head of the party committee, he wouldn't joke with his superiors by using false information, right?" Organization Minister Zong Daixiang is in charge of cadre evaluation. She didn't quite believe what Yan Baiyang said just now was true, but since this was Feng Yuxing's report to Yan Baiyang, she still chose to believe it.
"Comrade Gong Feng, tell me! What's the situation?" Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary Lu Da looked at the city police chief Gong Feng while speaking.
After the municipal party secretary Yan Baiyang explained the matter clearly, he just drank tea. As the political and legal secretary, Lu Da immediately understood what Yan Baiyang meant. Their meeting tonight required them, as the superior leaders of the Changming County Police Department, to give an explanation. The people attending the secretary's meeting were witnesses.
"The Changming County Police Department has reported this matter. It happened five years ago. At that time, I was still the deputy director, so I don't know the specific details!" Gong Feng admitted that this happened, but his tone was evasive.
"How many were lost? Has this matter been investigated? Has it been reported to the Municipal Party Committee?" Deputy Secretary Nan Guocheng asked questions in rapid succession.
"It seems that fourteen were lost. I don't know whether they have been investigated and reported to the Municipal Party Committee!" Gong Feng did not say one, two, or three, but instead pushed the blame to four, five, and six, and made a very clear explanation.
He couldn't say he knew nothing. The numbers would be found out by Changming County, so he had to be accurate in the figures. Otherwise, it would be considered dereliction of duty, and he, as the police chief, would have to step down.
The faces of several people attending the meeting were not very happy. They held different positions at that time; some were deputy mayors, and some were already members of the Standing Committee. It turned out that they had never heard of this incident.
Mayor Qiu Shangnan looked unhappy. Five years ago, he was the executive vice mayor. If this matter got out of hand, he would not be primarily responsible, but he would be somewhat involved.
What made Qiu Shangnan uncomfortable was that if the matter became serious, Yan Baiyang would not only have no responsibility at all, but would also have made a contribution, because Yan Baiyang had only been in office as the Secretary of the Xiyun Municipal Party Committee for a short time, but he had uncovered the eavesdropping device incident, which could be considered a meritorious service in solving the case, regardless of whether he had solved the case personally.
Qiu Shangnan looked at everyone and thought to himself, "No, I have to take the initiative. Even if I can't gain any credit, I can't let myself get any blame!"
He looked at the police chief Gong Feng and said, "Comrade Gong Feng, although you were the deputy chief at that time, you didn't even report such a big thing to the Municipal Party Committee. If this matter cannot be handled properly, you will inevitably be held accountable.
Also, if you want to reopen the investigation, who received the report from Chang Ming at the time, how was it handled, why didn't you continue the investigation, and why didn't you report it to the Municipal Party Committee, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, the Discipline Inspection Commission, and other departments?
Mayor Qiu Shangnan's voice was stern. While he had his own selfish motives, this matter was indeed serious, and he had to turn a passive position into an active one. He couldn't let the provincial party committee and government think that the Xiyun Municipal Government was inaction.
Yan Baiyang also gave face to Qiu Shangnan. After all, the fact of the eavesdropping device was confirmed, so he would be credited no matter how he got it done, especially since he brought Feng Yuxing to Chang Ming, which was a great achievement.
He looked at everyone, then fixed his gaze on Gong Feng. "I support the mayor's suggestion, especially Comrade Gong Feng. Our Municipal Police Department must shoulder this responsibility. We have only one goal: who stole these fourteen eavesdropping devices? Also, is Chang Ming's gun missing?"
"I also support the secretary and mayor's suggestions. The bug was lost five years ago. This means that over the past five years, every word and action of every county party secretary in Changming County has been monitored. For Xiyun City, this is a major event!"
The Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, Xing Zhongming, made a statement. Others followed suit, their methods varied, but the content remained the same, confirming the unanimous message of the secretaries' meeting: a thorough investigation of the matter.
Yan Baiyang knew that this was not only a big deal, but also a complicated matter. The people or things involved in the loss in Changming County five years ago were definitely not small matters. Being able to steal the eavesdropping device from the police station and hide it in the office desks and chairs was not something that ordinary people could do, so it was possible that it would end up in failure.
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"Pah!" Feng Yuxing slammed eight eavesdropping devices onto the conference table. "Comrade Qin Ling, identify these yourself. Are these the ones that were lost?"
The standing committee members sitting near Feng Yuxing took it, took a look at it, and then passed it to Police Chief Qin Ling.
Qin Ling looked at it for a while and said, "Yes, these are the eavesdropping devices that were lost at that time, but there are not eight, there are fourteen!"
Qin Ling's words were like thunder from a clear sky. Everyone began to feel uneasy. They felt that the last Standing Committee meeting had upset the balance, but this time, the situation had changed.
Fourteen? What about the other six? Where will they be? Will they be in your office?
Qin Ling had no choice but to tell the truth. Otherwise, if the numbers from the city police didn't match, he would never be able to clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
At this moment, County Mayor Xin Chunguang was extremely regretful, because he had strongly supported Qin Ling for the position of deputy county mayor. At this moment, he realized that his support for Qin Ling might have been a wrong decision, and now it could not be undone.
The others had similar thoughts as he did. At the Standing Committee meeting that day, Feng Yuxing had proposed that Qin Ling be appointed as deputy county magistrate and Xuanyuan Changxiao be appointed as police chief, but they all had their own ulterior motives and failed to reach a unified opinion. Now that the initiative had shifted to Feng Yuxing, let alone the position of deputy county magistrate, he might even have difficulty keeping the position of police chief.
Qin Ling's expression remained normal, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings, secretly lamenting his bad luck.
"Tell me! How should we deal with this matter!" Feng Yuxing's expression relaxed and he looked at everyone, wanting to see what opinions they would come up with.
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