Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 463 - 327: You’ve Got Great Influence!

Chapter 463: Chapter 327: You’ve Got Great Influence!

Leaving the Education Bureau, Southern City Police Station Chief Huang Wenhua felt increasingly uneasy and took his friend’s car straight to the City Bureau.

Upon seeing him, Director Zheng of the office smiled and asked, "Is the symposium over?"

"It’s over. Don’t ask me to attend this kind of thing next time."

"Didn’t the symposium go smoothly?"

"I was nearly scolded directly. I’m thick-skinned, but if I were thin-skinned, I definitely would have blushed."

"The city leaders weren’t embarrassed; what’s there for you to be embarrassed about? By the way, did you come to any conclusions?"

"Mayor Wang said we need to make corrections."

"Did they say anything else?"

"That’s why I’m here at the bureau; is Chief Dai around? I need to report to Chief Dai."

Such symposiums are just for the police to make up the numbers, showing equality.

The content of the symposium has nothing to do with the police bureau, and those who attend to make up the numbers don’t need to report back to the bureau leadership, let alone convey any spirit of the meeting.

Director Zheng found it very strange and asked, puzzled, "Report what?"

Huang Wenhua took out a cigarette, lit it, and took several puffs in succession, his brows furrowed as he said, "A few days ago, Changhang Public Security’s Deputy Division Commander of the Fire Brigade came to our bureau, and it seemed like it was your office that received him."

"That’s true, Xiao Liu received him. He wanted Huayuan to refund the school fees for three students, but that’s not our responsibility, so I had Xiao Liu send him away."

"Among those three students, it seems that two of them are from Linghai."

"No way."

"I remember it very clearly."

"Now I remember, he seems to have also gone to your place."

People who can hold the position of office director must be able to handle all sorts of social interactions.

Director Zheng realized that such coincidences don’t just happen and immediately opened the door, shouting, "Xiao Liu, hurry up and check how many Linghai Cities there are in Jiangnan Province."

"Yes!"

"I suspect it’s the same Linghai."

Huang Wenhua peeked in and continued, "I helped that Changhang police look for Lin Chunsheng last time. Lin Chunsheng agreed to refund half of the tuition fee. But not only did he refuse the refund, but before he left, he also visited the Education Bureau, the Labor Bureau, and the Continuing Education Office. Old Xu from our station said he had left harsh words with the people who received him."

Director Zheng asked in a low voice, "What harsh words?"

"At first, he only asked for a refund of the tuition and accommodation fees from Huayuan. Later, he demanded a refund of tuition, accommodation fees, and a clear explanation of who helped with recruitment in Linghai and how Huayuan knew about their list of junior and senior high school graduates. In the end, he wanted a refund, clarification of who helped with the recruitment in Linghai, and compensation for the three students and their parents’ financial losses."

"The demands kept getting higher!"

"Mhm."

"You mean that the workgroup from Linghai City was brought over by him."

"Most likely."

Afraid that Director Zheng wouldn’t take it seriously, Huang Wenhua reminded, "Old Qin from South Gate Police Station was right; so young, and yet a Deputy Division Commander? If he didn’t have connections or background, could he get to that position?"

Director Zheng didn’t think the matter was very serious and pondered, "So what if he has connections and background? Even if we were to bring over their city leaders, or even their provincial leaders, it would be useless. This is Gaozhou, not their Linghai. Their leaders, no matter how senior, can’t control us."

"I don’t think it’s that simple."

"What do you mean?"

"Their Vice Mayor personally leads the team, coming all the way here, and yet she made no demands. Don’t you find that strange?"

"She’s not our leader here, and besides, like us, Linghai is at the county-level city; she can’t make any demands!"

"But their place did have quite a few students deceived by Huayuan. Their city places such importance on it that they even had her personally lead the team here to investigate. There must be some outcome; otherwise, how could she explain it to everyone after returning?"

"Are you saying she didn’t request Huayuan to refund the tuition fees for their students?"

"Logically, she should’ve made some demands, but she didn’t."

"Why think so much about it? It’s not our police’s business. Chief Dai is upstairs in a meeting; I’ll report about the symposium for you later. Get going."

His colleague’s words made sense; this really wasn’t the police’s business.

Huang Wenhua could only extinguish the cigarette and leave the office.

Getting into his friend’s sedan, he couldn’t help but take out his "brick phone" and dial Huayuan Principal Lin’s number.

Usually, the call would go through, but strangely, several attempts today all failed to connect.

He dialed the vice-principal’s pager, but the other party didn’t answer.

Just as Huang Wenhua pocketed the pager, intending to drop the matter, the principal and vice-principal of Huayuan Technical School, along with a Director Liu, were just escorted by Han Yu, Chen Zikun, and others with the assistance of their Shenzhen counterparts from the Third Branch of Shenzhen Construction Company to several guest rooms on the sixth floor of Qing’an City’s Residence Office in Shenzhen.

"What right do you have to arrest me? Is there no law anymore, no human rights?"

"Stop yelling, sit down and behave yourself!"

Chen Zikun didn’t expect to participate in a cross-province arrest and was somewhat excited as he pushed Lin Chunsheng into his seat.

Han Yu looked up at the assisting Shenzhen colleagues, took out his work ID, and walked over to Lin Chunsheng: "My name is Han, Han Yu, I am the Deputy Division Commander of the Fire Brigade and also the Deputy Director of Bailong Port Police Station of the Changhang Public Security Bureau Binjiang Branch.

Principal Lin, although it’s our first meeting, you should be familiar with my name. You’re truly a busy man and hard to find; I’ve been chasing you from Gaozhou all the way to Shenzhen. Without the help from our Shenzhen counterparts, who knows when I would have managed to see you."

Lin Chunsheng was stunned, then suddenly remembered the Changhang firefighters who had demanded tuition refunds days earlier.

"So it’s you. What grounds do you have to arrest me?"

"The grounds for your arrest can be discussed later; let me introduce you first. This is Vice Director Li from the Linghai City Police Bureau in Jiangnan Province. This is Director Yu from the Criminal Investigation Team of Zhuangming County Police Department in East Sea City. The person behind you is Officer Chen Zikun, the Instructor of the Third Water Police Team of Binjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau Water Police Branch in Jiangnan Province."

Han Yu patted his shoulder and exclaimed: "Principal Lin, your reputation is quite significant, to the point where three police bureaus across two provinces and our Changhang navigation police all came looking for you."

The assisting Shenzhen colleagues, who had never seen such a large operation before, couldn’t help but laugh.

Lin Chunsheng couldn’t believe this was happening, and looked up nervously at Director Li, Director Yu, and Chen Zikun, asking hesitantly, "What do you want with me..."

"Why are we looking for you? Don’t you have any idea?"

"I’m a principal; I... you can’t falsely accuse me."

"We won’t wrongly accuse a good person, but we also will not let a bad person go!"

Director Li snorted coldly, taking out the arrest warrant from his briefcase and said coldly: "Lin Chunsheng, listen carefully. According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, our investigative officers Li Weidong and Jiang Lintao hereby are detaining you and you will be taken to the detention center of the Linghai City Police Bureau for custody; Chief Zhou Huixin, August 8th, 1995!"

"I haven’t broken the law, why are you detaining me? Besides, this is Shenzhen, not Linghai..."

"You, without the permission of the relevant departments, have unlawfully engaged in profit-oriented school operations, which constitute not only the crime of illegal business operation. Furthermore, under the guise of running a school, you committed fraud, involving a large number of people and a huge amount of money at stake, thus breaking the criminal law."

"I haven’t committed fraud; we are a legally-operated educational institution!"

"You haven’t committed fraud? How are you still arguing at this point? If we didn’t have solid evidence, do you think we could make such a long trip to the special administrative area to arrest you? If we didn’t have substantial evidence, how could we establish a joint special task force across provinces and industries to investigate you and your accomplices?"

The cooperative investigation by police from two provinces spanning four different systems explained why the local police in the special zone assisted.

Lin Chunsheng realized he was in big trouble and muttered nervously: "Director Li, I really am running a school; I am a party member and currently hold official status. I really didn’t commit fraud."

"Party members and cadres should be the first to abide by the law, not lead in breaking the law."

"Captain Han, Director Han, I was wrong, I was blind, and I failed to recognize the gravity of the situation. I will refund the tuition fees to those three students, including their financial losses. Just tell me how much, and I’ll refund and compensate the amount."

The old guy was quite astute, knowing the crux of the problem, trying to make amends quickly.

How could Han Yu just let him off the hook so easily? Crossing his arms, he said, "You definitely must refund the students’ tuition fees, and you have to compensate for their economic losses. But now we’re talking about a criminal case, so hurry up and sign the detention notice. We’ve even bought your train ticket for you, once you’ve signed, we’ll take you to the train station."

"Why go to the train station?"

"This is a detention; of course, we’re sending you to the Linghai Police Bureau’s detention center. Do you think we’d send you home?"

"Captain Han, I know I was wrong; please show some mercy, don’t be so punitive. I admit my fault, just tell me the fine."

"You know you were wrong? What did you do wrong?"

"I shouldn’t...shouldn’t..."

"Shouldn’t what?"

Knowing that the more he spoke, the likelier it was he’d make a mistake, Lin Chunsheng didn’t dare speak carelessly and was suddenly at a loss for words.

Han Yu dropped his arms, patted his shoulder again, and said: "Lin Chunsheng, attitude is everything right now. With your current attitude, prepare for a harsher and more severe punishment."

"I want to make a phone call."

"Who do you want to call?"

"I need to call home. Linghai is so far; if I don’t tell my wife, she won’t know and might think something happened to me."

He claimed he wanted to call his wife, but obviously, he was looking for help.

How could Han Yu possibly give him the chance to send a distress signal? His expression suddenly became serious: "Rest assured, we will notify your family according to the regulations within forty-eight hours. I almost forgot to tell you, your accomplice, the recruiting director you sent to Jiangnan Province, has already been caught; he’s spilled everything.

And just at this moment, a work group composed of personnel from education, labor, industrial and commercial, and police departments convened by the Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, led by a vice mayor, has already made the long journey to your hometown. They had just held a meeting with Deputy Mayor Wang this morning and are now conducting on-site investigations of your illegal educational operations and your fraudulent practices under the guise of education."

"I’m not running an illegal school, and I certainly didn’t commit fraud. City leaders have visited our school!"

"Not committing fraud, alright, then tell me, is your school really a national key school? Did your recruitment really get approved by the enrollment office? Do you really have the qualifications for academic education? Do you genuinely have joint teaching cooperation with related institutions? Do you truly have school-enterprise cooperation with enterprises, including Shenzhen Electronics?"

Han Yu asked him a series of questions, pointing at him and saying loudly: "From recruitment to teaching to arranging student employment, you’ve been lying at almost every step! The number of laws and regulations you’ve violated adds up to at least thirty, including the Advertising Law which was just established last year and implemented this year. If this isn’t fraud, then what is?"