The next day, excavators and workers began to arrive one after another, starting demolishing from the street corner. One old house after another was demolished, leaving ruins everywhere.
Everything was going smoothly until we encountered a tough opponent when we got to the third house.
Grandpa Ge, who is over sixty years old, climbed to the rooftop at some point, holding a letter written in blood, and shouted: "Wanshi Group, heartless developers, violent demolition, threats and intimidation, I have nowhere to turn, no way to appeal, I can only jump off the building to warn those corrupt officials!"
After saying that, Grandpa Ge jumped off the roof.
This is a big problem.
A fatal incident occurred, forcing construction to halt. Police arrived and cordoned off the area.
Ma Liang, the head of the command center, was also taken away for investigation.
The neighbors in the old street have achieved a temporary victory, but no one feels joy; instead, there is a faint sense of sadness.
A life was lost just like that.
Jinghai City Public Security Bureau.
"The deceased was named Ge Guohua, 63 years old, and his health had always been poor. According to the autopsy, he was also a uremia patient and had been receiving treatment at the Municipal People's Hospital before the incident. Therefore, I have every reason to suspect that Ge Guohua was bribed and deliberately committed suicide by jumping off a building. This involves the struggle between Wanshi Group and Jian Gong Group over the Old Street project."
In the conference room, An Xin analyzed his investigation.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at An Xin with strange eyes, some even scoffing and showing disdain.
Li Xiang frowned and said, "Even if someone has uremia, if ordinary people have a chance to live, they wouldn't choose such an extreme method. I think our focus should be on investigating the Wanshi Group. If they hadn't been driven to desperation by the demolition, would they have tried to kill themselves?"
"I agree too!" Zhang Biao raised his hand and said.
The other team members nodded in agreement, clearly feeling that An Xin's analysis had deviated from the focus of the case.
An Xin looked at his former teammates in disbelief, not understanding why they didn't support him.
My own analysis was clearly correct.
At this moment, An Xin, who was in the audience, felt somewhat embarrassed.
Fortunately, An Changlin coughed and said, "It's right for everyone to express their opinions at the meeting. We should make bold guesses, dig out the mastermind behind it, and let the truth come out."
Meng Dehai tapped the table and said, "I don't care who opened the door, or who their backers are. In short, someone has died, so this is a huge deal. Stop the old street demolition project immediately and order a rectification. Summon the person in charge, Li Hu. No construction is allowed until the case is thoroughly investigated. This case will be handled by Li Xiang."
"An Xin has a deep understanding of Wanshi Group and Jian Gong Group, so let him assist Li Xiang in the investigation and give the people an explanation."
An Changlin added.
No one objected, so the matter was settled.
In the corridor, as they came out of the conference room, An Xin immediately pulled Li Xiang aside and said, "Xiang, what exactly happened? Was my analysis in the meeting wrong? Gao Qiqiang is definitely involved. I know him too well. Wanshi Group snatched the bidding project from their Construction Group. Gao Qiqiang has just gained a foothold in the Construction Group, and he certainly won't let this go."
“An Xin, don’t you think there’s something wrong with your thinking? Do you only see black and white? What I’m more concerned about is, why would a lonely old woman, raising her granddaughter alone, be forced to jump off a building and commit suicide? Shouldn’t Wanshi Group be investigated?” Li Xiang said, sticking out his neck.
An Xin was taken aback by Li Xiang's strong reaction and then said, "Yes, I didn't say that Wanshi Group is without problems, but the key question is whether there's a conspiracy involving Jian Gong Group and Gao Qiqiang? We police can't be used as scapegoats. This is a tactic Gao Qiqiang has always used. Have you forgotten how you dealt with Xu Jiang?"
“You probably haven’t lived at the bottom of society, so you don’t know how difficult it is for ordinary people to get justice. The residents of the old street received less than 50,000 yuan per family in demolition compensation. After their old houses were demolished, they couldn’t even afford a house in Jinghai. Moreover, more than a dozen families were threatened in one day. I feel that as a police officer, the biggest shame is that I haven’t been able to arrest those thugs who threatened them!”
Li Xiang's eyes were red. After shouting emotionally, he grabbed the documents and stormed off.
He didn't care about any conspiracies or anything like that; all he knew was that an elderly, widowed man in his sixties had been driven to suicide by someone.
The culprit was the violent demolition by the Wanshi Group.
Ma Liang was taken to the interrogation room.
His attitude was unusually arrogant. He crossed his legs and said, "Officer, I really have nothing to say. Our Wanshi Group's demolition was reasonable and legal. That old man insisted on jumping off the building. What could I do? To be honest, it's already quite generous of me not to make his family compensate us for the losses to our construction site and for our emotional distress."
"Ma Liang, get your attitude straight! Put your legs down!" Li Xiang slammed his hand on the table.
Ma Liang looked nonchalant and said with a smile, "Hehe, I really didn't do anything wrong. Officer, don't try to scare me. You can only detain me for a maximum of 48 hours."
There's really no good way to deal with this kind of old fox.
After a long interrogation, a confession could not be obtained at all. Ma Liang refused to admit that he had contacted Grandpa Ge privately before the demolition.
His henchmen had been instructed beforehand to give the same story, so there was no way to get any information out of them.
Left with no other option, Li Xiang led his team to the old street to conduct interviews and investigations.
An Xin said, "Twelve households moved out that afternoon. Among them, Grandpa Ge moved out at first, but for some reason, he suddenly came back. Then he wrote a letter in blood and jumped off the building. I suspect that he must have been in contact with someone and received instructions."
“Even if Grandpa Ge is gone, so what?” Li Xiang frowned.
An Xin smiled and said, "We can start with the other companies. I think since they want to drive out Wanshi Group, they must have already prepared evidence for us."
It must be said that Anxin's professionalism and approach to handling cases are quite advanced.
The two quickly found a second couple selling breakfast.
“How could there not be violent demolition? A group of them rushed in and smashed our things. When I tried to stop them, they beat me up. I originally wanted to fight them to the end, but... but they pinned my wife down on the table... No man could accept that. We ordinary people can't afford to play games with these people. We can only swallow our anger.” Wang Haigui said, rolling up his sleeves and wiping away tears.
His arms and waist were covered in bruises, with patches of gentian violet applied.
It was obvious that he had been beaten.
These are all pieces of evidence, but they are not enough on their own.
After Li Xiang and An Xin gave their statements, they moved on to the next place.
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